## BACKGROUND. Serum TPS (tissue polypeptide-specific antigen) has been observed to be characteristic of carcinoma proliferation, and increased levels of TPS seem to be closely related to tumor progression. In this study we wanted to evaluate the importance of the tumormarker TPS in the diagnosis
Blood and serum substances for markers of prostate cancer
β Scribed by Chris H. Bangma; Paul C.M.S. Verhagen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 124 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1059-910X
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