Open Access<p>The Value of Prostate-Specific Antigen-Related Indexes and Imaging Screening in the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer</p>
Author(s) -
Xin Bai,
Yajun Jiang,
Xinwei Zhang,
Wang Mei-yu,
Jie Tian,
Lijun Mu,
Yifan Du
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s257769
Subject(s) - medicine , rectal examination , urology , prostate cancer , prostate , prostate specific antigen , ultrasound , hyperplasia , prostate biopsy , gynecology , cancer , radiology
The aim of this study was to explore the value of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, the ratio of free PSA to total PSA (fPSA/TPSA), the PSA density (PSAD), digital rectal examination (DRE), transrectal prostate ultrasound (TRUS), and multiparameter MRI (MP-MRI) in the differential diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer (PCa).