title: Advanced prostate cancer follow-up with prostate-specific antigen, prostatic acid phosphatase, osteocalcin and bone isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase.
abstract: We report our experience in the follow-up of 63 patients with advanced prostate adenocarcinoma. We used prostate-specific antigen and prostatic acid phosphatase in 27 patients; in 36 patients we evaluated osteocalcin and bone isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase, two markers of bone metabolism which seem to be good markers in the follow-up of patients with bone metastases.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, University of Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Curatolo
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Ludovico
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Correale
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pagliarulo
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Abbate
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cirrillo Marucco
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barletta
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000097:blood*; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000097:blood*; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000201:enzymology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D015675:Osteocalcin / Q000097:blood*; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D007527:Isoenzymes; D015675:Osteocalcin; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen