| Literature DB >> 30842876 |
Jan Tkac1,2, Veronika Gajdosova1, Stefania Hroncekova1, Tomas Bertok1,2, Michal Hires1, Eduard Jane1, Lenka Lorencova1,2, Peter Kasak3.
Abstract
The initial part of this review details the controversy behind the use of a serological level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) for the diagnostics of prostate cancer (PCa). Novel biomarkers are in demand for PCa diagnostics, outperforming traditional PSA tests. The review provides a detailed and comprehensive summary that PSA glycoprofiling can effectively solve this problem, thereby considerably reducing the number of unnecessary biopsies. In addition, PSA glycoprofiling can serve as a prognostic PCa biomarker to identify PCa patients with an aggressive form of PCa, avoiding unnecessary further treatments which are significantly life altering (incontinence or impotence).Entities:
Keywords: biomarkers; diagnostics; glycans; lectins; prostate cancer; prostate-specific antigen
Year: 2019 PMID: 30842876 PMCID: PMC6388024 DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2018.0077
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Interface Focus ISSN: 2042-8898 Impact factor: 3.906