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Nature Clinical Practice Urology (2007) 4, 576-577
doi:10.1038/ncpuro0936  
Received 29 May 2007 | Accepted 15 August 2007 | Published online: 25 September 2007

Limitations and use of PSA velocity in the diagnosis and characterization of prostate cancer

Andrew D Smith and John L Phillips*

Correspondence *Beth Israel Medical Center, Berger Department of Urology, 10 Union Square East, New York, NY 10003, USA

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 jlphillips@chpnet.org

Measuring PSA velocity to track prostatic pathophysiologic states is appealing for its simplicity, however, much debate continues as to its clinical value in the diagnosis and characterization of prostate cancer. Phillips and Smith discuss the significance of PSA velocity as a diagnostic measure.

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