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SUBMITTER: Cernei N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3742224 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of molecular sciences 20130704 7
Prostate cancer (CaP) is the most common type of tumour disease in men. Early diagnosis of cancer of the prostate is very important, because the sooner the cancer is detected, the better it is treated. According to that fact, there is great interest in the finding of new markers including amino acids, proteins or nucleic acids. Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is commonly used and is the most important biomarker of CaP. This marker can only be detected in blood and its sensitivity is approximatel ...[more]