Schneider H B
Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Eur J Med Res. 2007 Jul 26;12(7):311-3.
This article presents a rare case of a common disease, prostate cancer. A 57 year-old patient undergoing annual check-up for prostate cancer presents with a prostate specific antigen (PSA) level as low as 0.64 ng/ml. This patient was revealed to suffer from prostate cancer pT2c pNx pMx. This article assesses the implications of low prostate specific antigen for prostate cancer and discusses the controversial viewpoints as to the cutpoint of prostate specific antigen reviewing recent literature.
本文介绍了一个常见疾病——前列腺癌的罕见病例。一名57岁的患者因前列腺癌接受年度检查,其前列腺特异性抗原(PSA)水平低至0.64 ng/ml。该患者被诊断为前列腺癌pT2c pNx pMx。本文评估了低前列腺特异性抗原对前列腺癌的影响,并结合近期文献讨论了关于前列腺特异性抗原切点的争议观点。