SERUM LEVELS OF TOTAL AND FREE PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN IN MEN ON HEMODIALYSIS

Abstract

Serum free PSA as well as total PSA is not eliminated by hemodialysis, and elevated levels of free PSA and free-to-total PSA ratio in hemodialysis patients may be caused by a concomitant decrease in binding proteins. The reference ranges for total and free PSA, and free-to-total PSA ratio may not be necessarily beneficial in hemodialysis patients.