The preoperative serum ratio of total prostate specific antigen (PSA) to free testosterone (FT), PSA/FT index ratio, and prostate cancer. Results in 220 patients undergoing radical prostatectomy

The preoperative serum ratio of total prostate specific antigen (PSA) to free testosterone (FT), PSA/FT index ratio, and prostate cancer. Results in 220 patients undergoing radical prostatectomy

Objectives: To evaluate associations of preoperative total prostate specific antigen (PSA) to free testosterone (FT), the PSA/FT index ratio, with features of pathology prostate cancer (PCA) and to investigate its prognostic potential in clustering the PCA population. Patients and methods: After exc...

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Main Authors: Antonio B. Porcaro, Beatrice Caruso, Alessandro Terrin, Nicolò De Luyk, Giovanni Cacciamani, Paolo Corsi, Davide Inverardi, Davide De Marchi, Roberto Baldassarre, Mariangela Cerruto, Claudio Ghimenton, Matteo Brunelli, Stefano Zecchini Antoniolli, Aldo Petrozziello, Walter Artibani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2016-03-01
Series:Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia
Subjects:
Prostate cancer
Prostate specific antigen
Total testosterone
Free testosterone
Pathology Gleason score
Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/aiua/article/view/5216

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