Preferred Name |
Percent Free Prostate-Specific Antigen
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Definition |
PSA circulates in the blood in two forms: free or attached to a protein molecule. With benign prostate conditions, there is more free PSA, while cancer produces more of the attached form. A more accurate predictor of cancer than either a patient's age or his total PSA level. (from Cancer Information Service)
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Synonyms & Abbreviations |
free PSA Percent Free Prostate-Specific Antigen
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ReferenceCode |
NCI Thesaurus Code:C20042
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ReferenceURL |
https://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI_Thesaurus&ns=ncit&code=C20042
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PMID |
NA
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