title: [Value of prostate-specific antigen as prognostic factor of metastatic cancer of the prostate].
abstract: This paper examines the behaviour of PSA in 70 patients with metastatic prostate cancer. PSA serum concentration, prior to therapy, was directly related to the tumoral mass and inversely related to the histological degree, which does not constitute a prognostic factor with regard to the disease evolution. Within 3 months of therapy, PSA concentration decreased more noticeably in clinically responding patients, down to less than 10 ng/ml in 93% of them. Also, this level represented a prognostic factor with regard to the free-of-progression interval of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Ciudad Sanitaria Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morote Robles
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vila Barja
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: López Pacios
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: de Torres Mateos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soler Roselló
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000097:blood*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen