Bone marrow acid phosphatase in staging prostatic carcinoma.
We evaluated bone marrow acid phosphatase in 30 patients as another parameter in staging prostatic carcinoma. This method is reliable and useful as part of the staging precedures. No falsely positive results were found and the procedure provided the only indication of metastatic diseases in 4 cases.
D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000201:enzymology*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*
D000135:Acid Phosphatase