THE NEW PROSTATIC MARKER PSA - DOES IT HE LP OR DOES IT ADD TO THE CONFUSION

Authors
HUBER PR WISARD M SCHMID HP
Citation
Pr. Huber et al., THE NEW PROSTATIC MARKER PSA - DOES IT HE LP OR DOES IT ADD TO THE CONFUSION, Annales d'Urologie, 28(4), 1994, pp. 235-237
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Annales d'Urologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034401
Volume
28
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
235 - 237
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4401(1994)28:4<235:TNPMP->2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
In patients with a normal digital rectal examination and serum PSA lev els under 18.4 ng/ml Yang (i.e. under 10.0 ng/ml Hybritech or under 14 .4 ng.ml with the Basel Cantonal Hospital assay), twice yearly then ye arly follow-up examinations are sufficient. More closely spaced examin ations and a transrectal ultrasound scan are appropriate in patients w ith abnormalities upon digital rectal examination, especially when ser um PSA levels are consistently elevated.