Pretreatment prostate-specific antigen (PSA) velocity and doubling time are associated with outcome but neither improves prediction of outcome beyond pretreatment PSA alone in patients treated with radical prostatectomy.

PURPOSE: Controversy exists as to whether current pretreatment prostate-specific antigen (PSA) dynamics enhance outcome prediction in patients undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. We assessed whether pretreatment PSA velocity (PSAV) or doubling time (PSADT) predicted outcome in men undergoing...

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Glavni autori: O'Brien, M, Cronin, A, Fearn, P, Smith, B, Stasi, J, Guillonneau, B, Scardino, P, Eastham, J, Vickers, A, Lilja, H
Format: Journal article
Jezik:English
Izdano: 2009