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Is sarcosine a biomarker for prostate cancer?
Author(s) -
Issaq Haleem J.,
Veenstra Timothy D.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of separation science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.72
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1615-9314
pISSN - 1615-9306
DOI - 10.1002/jssc.201100572
Subject(s) - sarcosine , prostate cancer , biomarker , prostate specific antigen , prostate , cancer , medicine , chemistry , biochemistry , glycine , amino acid
Sarcosine was suggested in a letter to Nature in 2009 as a biomarker for prostate cancer. This communication reviews what has been accomplished to date to determine whether sarcosine is or is not a biomarker for prostate cancer that can replace prostate‐specific antigen tests.