Elevated level of prostate specific antigen among prostate cancer patients and high prevalence in the gangetic zone of Bihar, India

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 221-223

  Nath, A ^a   Singh, J K ^a   Ezhil Vendan, S ^a   Priyanka, ^a   Sinha, Shreya ^a  

^a Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cancer incidence; Environmental carcinogen; Gangetic zone; Prostate cancer; PSA marker

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE TUMOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864885715     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.1.221     Document Type: Article

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