Inflammation

New inflammation findings from Abant Izzet Baysal University published

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 29th, 2008

According to recent research from Bolu, Turkey, "The relationship between serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels and histologic prostatic inflammation is controversial. Previous studies were performed using either the intensity or extent of inflammation for grading, with a relatively lower number of specimens."

"In our study, the inflammation was categorized more profoundly, using both the intensity and the extent of inflammation, to determine the influence of prostatic inflammation on serum PSA levels, percent free PSA (%fPSA), and PSA density (PSAD). The study included 115 patients who underwent transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy. To categorize the...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-01-29)

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