Prostate-Specific Antigen
                             
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                            
	"Prostate-Specific Antigen" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
	MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, 
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				A glycoprotein that is a kallikrein-like serine proteinase and an esterase, produced by epithelial cells of both normal and malignant prostate tissue. It is an important marker for the diagnosis of prostate cancer.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D017430 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | D08.811.277.656.300.760.442.750 D08.811.277.656.959.350.442.750 D12.776.866.249.500 D23.050.285.625 D23.101.140.625 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Prostate-Specific AntigenProstate-Specific Antigengamma-Seminoproteingamma SeminoproteinProstate Specific AntigenhK3 KallikreinKallikrein, hK3SemenogelaseKallikrein hK3Seminin
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| 2007 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 
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| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Prostate-Specific Antigen" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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								Screening for Prostate Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2023 Jul 06; 389(1):93-94. 
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								Evaluation of Harms Reporting in U.S. Cancer Screening Guidelines. Ann Intern Med. 2022 11; 175(11):1582-1590. 
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								Changing Provider PSA Screening Behavior Using Best Practice Advisories: Interventional Study in a Multispecialty Group Practice. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 11; 35(Suppl 2):796-801. 
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								Changes in Prostate Cancer Presentation Following the 2012 USPSTF Screening Statement: Observational Study in a Multispecialty Group Practice. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 05; 35(5):1368-1374. 
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								Transcriptomic Heterogeneity of Androgen Receptor Activity Defines a de novo low AR-Active Subclass in Treatment Naïve Primary Prostate Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 11 15; 25(22):6721-6730. 
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								Salvage Cryoablation for Radiorecurrent Prostate Cancer: Initial Experience at a Regional Health Care System. Perm J. 2019; 23. 
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								Screening for Prostate Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. JAMA. 2018 05 08; 319(18):1901-1913. 
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								The US Preventive Services Task Force 2017 Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Prostate Cancer: An Invitation to Review and Comment. JAMA. 2017 May 16; 317(19):1949-1950. 
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								Prostate cancer in black men: Is it time for personalized screening approaches? Cancer. 2017 06 15; 123(12):2203-2205. 
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								Health-related quality of life outcomes from a contemporary prostate cancer registry in a large diverse population. BJU Int. 2017 10; 120(4):520-529.