Fast Facts: Prostate Specific Antigen

Roger S. Kirby, Michael K. Brawer (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

92 Seiten

1999 | 2nd Revised edition
Health Press Limited (Verlag)
978-1-899541-33-1 (ISBN)

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The development of serum-based assays for the measurement of prostate-specific antigen has revolutionized the approach to the management of prostate cancer. This text discusses the issues highlighted by PSA research and outlines recommendations for the diagnosis and management of prostatic disease.

The development of serum-based assays for the measurement of prostate-specific antigen has revolutionized the approach to the management of prostate cancer. This advance has, however, been clouded by concerns about the overdetection of incidental carcinoma with little malignant potential. This text discusses the issues highlighted by research into PSA and outlines recommendations for the diagnosis and management of prostatic disease in Europe, the USA and elsewhere.

Basic attributes; assays; screening and early detection; enhancing performance; staging; monitoring; PSA and benign prostatic hyperplasia; future trends.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.9.1999
Reihe/Serie	Fast Facts
Zusatzinfo	colour illustrations, tables and diagrams, index
Verlagsort	Abingdon
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	150 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Urologie
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Histologie / Embryologie
ISBN-10	1-899541-33-0 / 1899541330
ISBN-13	978-1-899541-33-1 / 9781899541331
Zustand	Neuware