title: [Prostate-specific antigen: the most useful marker for prostate cancer].
abstract: Fifteen years after its discovery, Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) remains the most useful marker for prostate cancer. We summarise the biomolecular characteristics of PSA and the available assays for its measurement. We define its role in the diagnosis of prostate cancer, and discuss its value in the monitoring of patients under therapy.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Janssen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schulman
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011184:Postoperative Period; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000601:surgery; D011863:Radioimmunoassay / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen