Open AccessDetection rate of prostate cancer using prostate specific antigen in patients presenting with lower urinary tract symptoms: A retrospective study
Author(s) -
Padma Chavan,
Sushant V Chavan,
Niraj R. Chavan,
Vatsala D Trivedi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.43548
Subject(s) - medicine , prostate specific antigen , prostate , retrospective cohort study , prostate cancer , urinary system , urology , lower urinary tract symptoms , cancer , gynecology , oncology
Need for undertaking prostate biopsies for detection of prostate cancer is often decided on the basis of serum levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA).