ENZYME TESTS IN DISEASES OF PROSTATE

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 7  (3) , 254-261
Abstract
Enzyme tests in diseases of the prostate focus on the use of serum acid phosphatase assays in patients with suspected or histologically proved adenocarcinomas. The purpose of this review is to consider various potential clinical uses of the assay, to examine the data available concerning the performance of the test in given clinical situations and to define those situations in which the test is useful. Included in this discussion will be sources of false positive and false negative values, predictive values of the test in clinical settings and efforts to minimize shortcomings.

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