Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (1169 page)

   
Normal range:
see Table 16.69.

TABLE 16–69. Normal Range

   Use

   Monitoring patients with a history of prostate cancer as an early indicator of recurrence and response to treatment

   Prostate cancer screening

   Interpretation

Increased In
*

   Prostate diseases

   Cancer

   Prostatitis, five to seven times

   Benign prostatic hyperplasia

   Prostatic ischemia

   Acute urinary retention five to seven times

   Manipulations