Title: Expression and significance of prostate specific antigen in prostate adenocarcinoma.
Abstract: Objective To improve the dignosis and differential diagnosis of prostate adenovarcinoma. Methods Expression of prostate specific antigen(PSA)was detected by immunohistochemical methods in 199 benign prostate hyperplasia(BPH) and prostate adenocarcinoma tissues to understand indirectly the integrity of the basal cell layer. Results Expression of prostate specific antigen in most of prostate adenocarcinomas dewnre-hulated,but expression in benign prostate hyperplasia upregulated. Conclusions The study showed that PSA was a useful marker in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of benign and malignant prostate lesions.
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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