title: PSA measurement following prostatectomy: an unexpected error.
abstract: An unexpected and exceptional observation was made during the biological follow-up of a patient who had undergone a radical prostatectomy for a prostate adenocarcinoma. A residual PSA level was first considered as a reliable marker of relapse. Certain limits are highlighted concerning the reliability of the PSA assay, which must be interpreted along with all the other prognostic information on the tumor and possibly verified using other biological techniques.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Urologique et de Transplantation Rénale, CHU de Grenoble, 38043 Grenoble 9, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Luc
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Descotes
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Legeais
authors.forename: Anne-Sophie
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Gauchez
authors.forename: Jean-Alexandre
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Jean-Jacques
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Rambeaud
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000097:blood* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen