Department of Biochemistry, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
Research Article
Evaluation of Adenosine deaminase (ADA) level in serum of patients with prostate cancer
Author(s): Reza Saghiri*
Aim: Prostate cancer is a developing cancer in prostate gland. It is one of the common cancers among men. This cancer usually develops slowly but sometimes it is metastatic form. Screening of prostate cancer is done by measuring the PSA level, but it sometimes leads to over diagnosis in some cases. Therefore, finding another factor except PSA, for screening the cancer seems necessary. Elevation in the level of ADA is observed in some diseases like cancers. It is considered that measuring ADA level beside PSA level could be a helpful factor for screening prostate cancer.
Methods: In this study, blood sample were collected from 40 patients and 40 control participants matched for age. PSA, free PSA and ADA levels were compared in the serum of both groups. PSA assessment was based on sandwich ELISA although ADA level was measured by colorimetric.. View More»
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