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A case of metastatic cancer with markedly elevated PSA level that was not detected by repeat prostate biopsy

BACKGROUND: Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a widely used specific tumor marker for prostate cancer. We experienced a case of metastatic prostate cancer that was difficult to detect by repeat prostate biopsy despite a markedly elevated serum PSA level. CASE PRESENTATION: A 64-year-old man was ref...

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Autores principales: Iwamura, Hiromichi, Hatakeyama, Shingo, Tanaka, Yoshimi, Tanaka, Toshikazu, Tokui, Noriko, Yamamoto, Hayato, Imai, Atsushi, Yoneyama, Takahiro, Hashimoto, Yasuhiro, Koie, Takuya, Yoshikawa, Kazuaki, Ohyama, Chikara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3909476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24476098
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-64