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Prostate Antigen in pathology report?

A. Sheppard mbasd at s-crim1.dl.ac.uk
Wed Sep 20 07:25:46 EST 1995


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




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