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Are Prostate Specific-Antigen (PSA) and age associated with the risk of ISUP Grade 1 prostate cancer? Results from 72 996 individual biopsy cores in 6 083 men from the Stockholm3 study.

Thorgerdur PalsdottirTobias NordströmMarkus AlyJohan LindbergMark ClementsLars EgevadHenrik GrönbergMartin Eklund
Published in: PloS one (2019)
We find no significant association between the risk of ISUP 1 prostate cancer and PSA and age at diagnosis indicating that PSA contribution from ISUP 1 prostate cancer is closer to that of benign prostate tissue than to that of ISUP ≥ 2 prostate cancer.
Keyphrases
  • prostate cancer
  • radical prostatectomy
  • ultrasound guided
  • middle aged