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PSA

See: Public Securities Association.
Copyright © 2012, Campbell R. Harvey. All Rights Reserved.

Security Industry and Financial Markets Association

Formerly known as the Public Securities Association, a professional organization for banks, broker-dealers, and other organizations that underwrite securities. It serves as a lobbying group and provides education and training to members and non-members. It maintains offices in New York, Washington DC, and London, with affiliated offices in Hong Kong and other locations.
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Percentage of free prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a useful method in deciding to perform prostate biopsy with higher core numbers in patients with low PSA cut-off values.
FREE/TOTAL PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN RATIO AS PREDICTOR FOR PROSTATE CARCINOMA
Correlation between serum prostate-specific antigen and cancer volume in prostate glands of different sizes.
Clinicopathological correlation of serum prostate specific antigen levels in patients of prostatomegaly in a tertiary care hospital
Prostate-specific antigen: concepts for staging prostate cancer and monitoring response to therapy.
Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies against human prostate specific antigen
Prevalence of prostate cancer among men with a prostate-specific antigen level < or =4.0 ng per milliliter.
The effects of cigarette smoking on prostate-specific antigen in two different age groups
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA)isoform p2PSA significantly improves the prediction of prostate cancer at initial extended prostate biopsies in patients with total PSA between 2.0 and 10 ng/ml: results of a prospective study in a clinical setting.
Comparative assessment of urinary prostate cancer antigen 3 and TMPRSS2:ERG gene fusion with the serum [-2]proprostate-specific antigen-based prostate health index for detection of prostate cancer
The effect of digital rectal examination on prostate-specific antigen levels.
The PSA controversy: part I
As prostate cancer develops, the body produces increasing levels of prostate-specific antigen, which is used as a marker in the diagnosis and monitoring of the condition.
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Each screening will include a medical history, a prostate-specific antigen blood test and a digital rectal exam.
UAMS Medical Center urologists and urology residents will perform free prostate cancer screenings 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 20 and 9 a.m.-noon Sept. 21. (Business Briefs)
Additional serologic testing revealed that the patient's alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), human placental alkaline phosphatase, prostate-specific antigen, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9), and thyroglobulin levels were within normal limits.
Extragonadal germ-cell tumor: A rare differential diagnosis of a cervical lump in a young man. (Original Article)
When researchers fed one serving of pasta with tomato sauce every day for three weeks 32 men who were scheduled for prostate surgery, levels of PSA (prostate-specific antigen) in the patients dropped by 20 percent.
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Other men's health products include One-A-Day(R) Men's High Potency Multivitamin/Multimineral Supplement, One-A-Day(R) Prostate Health, and Bayer Immuno 1(TM) System Complexed Prostate Specific Antigen (cPSA) -- an assay used to measure prostate-specific antigen levels.
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