 Prostate-Specific Antigen
"Prostate-Specific Antigen" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A glycoprotein that is a kallikrein-like serine proteinase and an esterase, produced by epithelial cells of both normal and malignant prostate tissue. It is an important marker for the diagnosis of prostate cancer.
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D017430
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.300.760.442.750 D08.811.277.656.959.350.442.750 D12.776.866.249.500 D23.050.285.625 D23.101.140.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Prostate-Specific Antigen- Prostate-Specific Antigen
- gamma-Seminoprotein
- gamma Seminoprotein
- Prostate Specific Antigen
- hK3 Kallikrein
- Kallikrein, hK3
- Semenogelase
- Kallikrein hK3
- Seminin
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| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prostate-Specific Antigen" by people in Profiles.
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Nordstr?m T, Discacciati A, Bergman M, Clements M, Aly M, Annerstedt M, Glaessgen A, Carlsson S, J?derling F, Eklund M, Gr?nberg H. Prostate cancer screening using a combination of risk-prediction, MRI, and targeted prostate biopsies (STHLM3-MRI): a prospective, population-based, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial. Lancet Oncol. 2021 09; 22(9):1240-1249.
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Hao S, Karlsson A, Heintz E, Elfstr?m KM, Nordstr?m T, Clements M. Cost-Effectiveness of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Prostate Cancer Screening: A Microsimulation Study. Value Health. 2021 12; 24(12):1763-1772.
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Plym A, Clements M, Voss M, Holmberg L, Stattin P, Lambe M. Duration of sick leave after active surveillance, surgery or radiotherapy for localised prostate cancer: a nationwide cohort study. BMJ Open. 2020 03 09; 10(3):e032914.
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