The Percentage of [-2]Pro-Prostate-Specific Antigen and the Prostate Health Index Outperform Prostate-Specific Antigen and the Percentage of Free Prostate-Specific Antigen in the Detection of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer and Can Be Used as Reflex Tests

CONTEXT.—: There is a need to avoid the overdiagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa) and to find more specific biomarkers. OBJECTIVE.—: To evaluate the clinical utility of [-2]pro-prostate-specific antigen ([-2]proPSA) derivatives in detecting clinically significant PCa (csPCa) and to compare it with pros...

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Main Author: Garrido, Manuel M. (author)
Other Authors: Marta, José C. (author), Bernardino, Rui M. (author), Guerra, João (author), Fernandes, Francisco (author), Pereira, Maria H. (author), Ribeiro, Ruy (author), Holdenrieder, Stefan (author), Pinheiro, Luís C. (author), Guimarães, João T. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2022
Subjects:
Biopsy
Humans
Male
Prostate
Prostate-Specific Antigen
Prostatic Neoplasms
Reflex
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Medical Laboratory Technology
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/141135
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/141135

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