Prostate-specific antigen (PSA), also known as gamma-seminoprotein or kallikrein-3 (KLK3), P-30 antigen, is a glycoprotein enzyme encoded in humans by...
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which the prostate is manually assessed through the wall of the rectum. The second screening tool is the measurement of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in...
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male prostate act similarly by secreting prostate-specific antigen (PSA), which is an ejaculate protein produced in males, and of prostate-specific acid...
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growth of the prostate tissue is usually detected through screening tests, typically blood tests that check for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels...
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Semen (redirect from Prostate fluid)
not. After a period typically ranging from 15 to 30 minutes, prostate-specific antigen present in the semen causes the decoagulation of the seminal coagulum...
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progression on observation. Prostate-specific antigen based screening for prostate cancer led to earlier detection of prostate cancer (stage migration),...
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standard includes the Grade Groups. For prostate cancer, grade group information and prostate-specific antigen levels are used in conjunction with TNM...
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genesis. Prostate specific antigen, placental alkaline phosphatase, human chorionic gonadotrophin, α-fetoprotein and others are organ-associated antigens and...
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of 80. Although prostate specific antigen levels may be elevated in males with BPH, the condition does not increase the risk of prostate cancer. BPH is...
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Skene's gland (redirect from Female prostate)
the male prostate act similarly by secreting prostate-specific antigen (PSA), which is an ejaculate protein produced in males, and prostatic acid phosphatase...
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used to monitor and assess progression of prostate cancer until the introduction of prostate specific antigen (PSA), which has now largely displaced it...
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coupled to a peptide recognized as a substrate by the protease Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen. The G202 prodrug is currently being evaluated for its toxicity...
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EC, Zhou Q, Cleves A, et al. (September 2018). "Prostate cancer screening with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test: a systematic review and meta-analysis"...
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DU145 (category Prostate cancer)
white male. DU145 are not hormone-sensitive and do not express prostate-specific antigen (PSA). DU145 cells have moderate metastatic potential compared...
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(January 2000). "The female prostate and prostate-specific antigen. Immunohistochemical localization, implications of this prostate marker in women and reasons...
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MRI may be performed when there is a positive prostate-specific antigen on basic laboratory tests. Prostate cancer is the second-most common cause of cancer-related...
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Prostatectomy (redirect from Prostate operation)
prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer in the era of prostate-specific antigen: an overview of the Department of Defense Center for Prostate Disease Research...
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Cancer screening (section Prostate cancer)
There are different methods used in screening for prostate cancer prostate biopsy, prostate-specific antigen testing (PSA), and digital rectal examination...
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Richard J. Ablin (category Prostate cancer)
at University of Arizona College of Medicine, discovered the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in 1970, and for nearly as long, he has argued that it should...
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Tumor marker (redirect from Antigens, neoplasm)
oncofetal antigens and monoclonal antibodies, due to disadvantages such as most of them lacking organ specificity. Carbohydrates consists of antigens on and/or...
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Glutamate carboxypeptidase II (redirect from Prostate-specific membrane antigen)
peptidase I (NAALADase I), NAAG peptidase, or prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FOLH1...
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formation of a gel matrix that encases ejaculated spermatozoa. The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) protease processes this protein into smaller peptides, with...
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Alkaline phosphatase (redirect from Bone-specific alkaline phosphatase)
alkaline phosphatase (along with prostate specific antigen) during, and after six months of hormone treated metastatic prostate cancer was shown to predict...
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Transrectal ultrasonography (category Prostate cancer)
the prostate gland in men with elevated prostate-specific antigen or prostatic nodules on digital rectal exam. TRUS-guided biopsy may reveal prostate cancer...
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inhibition of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. Proteolysis by prostate-specific antigen (PSA) breaks down the gel matrix and allows the spermatozoa to...
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Biochemical recurrence is a rise in the blood level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in prostate cancer patients after treatment with surgery or radiation...
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indicated for people with suspected prostate cancer recurrence based on elevated serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels. The safety and efficacy...
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matrix that encases ejaculated spermatozoa. Proteolysis by the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) breaks down the gel matrix and allows the spermatozoa to...
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PSMA scan (category Prostate cancer)
prior to initial treatment, and recurrence of prostate cancer (based on elevated serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level). This was followed by two further...
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Finasteride (section Enlarged prostate)
high-grade prostate cancer, as the treatment of BPH lowers PSA (prostate-specific antigen), which could mask the development of prostate cancer. Although...
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