Elevated Bone Marrow Acid Phosphatase: The Problem of False Positives
- 1 June 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 117 (6) , 749-751
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)58612-7
Abstract
Bone marrow acid phosphatase values were studied in 24 patients (12 men and 12 women) selected at random, including 6 at autopsy. False positive results were noted in 8 of the 18 patients who were alive and in all 6 patients sutdied at autopsy. The possible causes for these falsely elevated results are discussed. Bone marrow acid phosphatase is a test of poor specificity and should not be used as the sole test on which vital decisions regarding management of the prostate cancer patient are based.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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