Neal Crankshaw (cranks at iafrica.com) wrote:
: I've been asked by a friend who thought I knew something about blood
: biochemistry what a prostate antigen count means. Apparently a level over 4
: ng/ml is indicative of something... This was indicated in a blood analysis of
: prostate markers, but said report was mightily vauge in explaining exactly
: what these markers related to.
: Any help would be appreciated.
: Many thanks,
: Neal
What your friend probably meant was "prostate specific antigen" (PSA). PSA
is a protein ( a serine protease in fact ) whose level is almost always
present at a hiher level in BPH/PCa patients than in healthy people.
Regards,
Andy Sheppard
mbasd at seqnet.dl.ac.uk