Open AccessOptimal Monitoring of Prostate-Specific Antigen Detects Prostate Cancer at the Localized Stage after Photoselective Vaporization for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Author(s) -
Jun Furusawa,
Yasushi Yumura,
Norihito Soga,
Isao Kuromatsu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
current urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1661-7657
pISSN - 1661-7649
DOI - 10.1159/000489433
Subject(s) - medicine , prostate cancer , prostate , urology , stage (stratigraphy) , prostate specific antigen , hyperplasia , cancer , paleontology , biology
Photoselective vaporization of the prostate (PVP) does not provide prostate tissue for pathologic analysis. Here, we carried out early monitoring for prostate cancer by measuring prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels and assessing clinicopathological features after PVP.