Clinical utility of the prostate cancer gene 3 ( <scp>PCA</scp> 3) urine assay in <scp>J</scp> apanese men undergoing prostate biopsy

Atsushi Ochiai, Koji Okihara, Kazumi Kamoi, Takehiro Oikawa, Toru Shimazui, Shin‐Ichiro Murayama, K. Tomita, Tohru Umekawa, Hirotsugu Uemura, Tsuneharu Miki

British Journal of Urology · 2013 · 42 citations · 17 references

Abstract

The PCA3 score was significantly superior to f/t PSA in predicting a positive biopsy result for prostate cancer in Japanese men with PSA 4-10 ng/mL. The combination of PSAD and PCA3 score may be useful for selecting patients who could avoid an unnecessary biopsy.

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