title: [Diagnostic value of prostatic specific antigen (PSA) in comparison to prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) in prostatic cancer and adenoma].
abstract: The diagnostic value of the tumour markers: PSA, PAP and AcP was studied before treatment in 379 men (47 with prostatic cancer--PC, 306 with benign hyperplasia--PBH, and 26 healthy subjects--control group CG). PSA was determined by the enzymoimmune method, and the phosphatases were evaluated by the spectrophotometric method. Raised level of PSA was found in PBH--the highest value--23.3 ng/ml. After accepting the cutting off values (1.9 ng/ml and 23.3 ng/ml), even in 93% of patients with PC, the level of PSA exceeded the second of those values. A significant growing tendency was found of PSA together with the degree of clinical progression of PC (in stages C and D--in 100% of patients). PSA, as compared with the phosphatases, is a much more sensitive biochemical marker, exceeding them many times in sensitivity.
authors.affiliation: Oddziału Urologii Centralnego Szpitala Klinicznego MSW, Warszawie.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dutkiewicz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stepień
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Witeska
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000032:analysis*; D000236:Adenoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000032:analysis*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen
vernacular_title: Wartość diagnostyczna swoistego antygenu sterczowego (PSA) w porównaniu z kwaśna fosfataza sterczowa (PAP) w raku i gruczolaku stercza.