TY  - EJOU
AU  - McAuley, Iain 
AU  - Steinhoff, Gary 
AU  - McNeely, Michael 
AU  - Blood, Paul 

TI  - Incorrect biochemistry complicates prostate cancer management
T2  - Canadian Journal of Urology

PY  - 2002
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
SN  - 1488-5581

AB  - A man with a prostate specific antigen (PSA) of 6.1 ng/mL, a clinical stage T2b prostate nodule and biopsies that showed Gleason sum 6 adenocarcinoma of the prostate underwent a radical prostatectomy. The final pathology showed organ-confined disease. His postoperative PSA remained elevated at 4.0 ng/mL. The PSA was repeated several times and was in the same range. It was re-evaluated at another lab facility and was unmeasurable ( <0.02 ng/mL). He has an antibody that cross-reacts with an assay reagent causing this false reading. The most likely antibody is one against mouse immunoglobulin G (IgG). 
KW  - prostate
KW  -  PSA
KW  -  heterophile
KW  -  antibodies

DO  -