Biochemical aspects of diagnosis and monitoring of prostate cancer.
The diagnosis of prostatic cancer is usually made when the disease is no longer curable and it is important to find other means to discover the cancer at its earliest stage. Tumour markers, such as prostatic specific antigen, may enable this.
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Middelheim Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000032:analysis; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology
D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen