Use of percent free prostate-specific antigen density to improve the specificity for detecting prostate cancer in patients with normal rectal examinations and intermediate prostate-specific antigen levels.

Baltaci, S; Aksoy, H; Turkolmez, KADİR; ELHAN, ATİLLA; Ozden, E; Gogus, O

doi:10.1159/000067700

Use of percent free prostate-specific antigen density to improve the specificity for detecting prostate cancer in patients with normal rectal examinations and intermediate prostate-specific antigen levels.

Baltaci S., Aksoy H., Turkolmez K., ELHAN A. H., Ozden E., Gogus O.

Urologia internationalis, cilt.70, sa.1, ss.36-41, 2003 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 70 Sayı: 1
Basım Tarihi: 2003
Doi Numarası: 10.1159/000067700
Dergi Adı: Urologia internationalis
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.36-41
Anahtar Kelimeler: prostate, carcinoma, prostate-specific antigen, prostatic neoplasms, free PSA density, TOTAL PSA, SERUM, VOLUME, ASSAYS, RATIO, MULTICENTER, HYPERPLASIA, CARCINOMA, MEN, AGE
Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction: As prostatic volume influences percent free prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in patients with prostate cancer, we evaluated whether percent free PSA density, which relates the serum percent free PSA to the volume of the prostate determined by transrectal ultrasound, could increase the specificity of cancer detection in men with normal digital rectal examinations and intermediate PSA levels.