[The clinical and prognostic value of inversion of the PSA/PAP ratio in prostatic cancer]

Actas Urol Esp. 1994 May;18(5):559-61.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The inversion of PSA/PAP ratio is not common in patients with prostate cancer. Of 215 patients, 7 showed PSA levels below those of PAP (3.2%). All patients had metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis, 57% in multiple organs and tissues, with a Gleason value in all cases 4. Forty-three percent showed no early response to hormone therapy; mean survival interval recorded in these 7 patients was 21 months. Such a situation may suggest a poor prognosis for this neoplasia.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acid Phosphatase / blood*
  • Aged
  • Clinical Enzyme Tests*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Prognosis
  • Prostate / enzymology*
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen / blood*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / mortality
  • Survival Analysis

Substances

  • Acid Phosphatase
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen