Surveillance for Early Detection of Prostate and Testicular Cancers in Immunocompetent Younger Men

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Ali Abdul Hussein S. AL-Janabi

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Ali Abdul Hussein S. AL-Janabi
Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Karbala, Iraq

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Aim: To early detection of prostate cancer (PC) and testicular cancer (TC) in young men by cancer biomarkers before development to advanced stages. Method: Sera from 810 immunocompetent young individuals was analyzed for detecting the levels of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) as indicators of testicular cancer and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) for prostate cancer. Result: Elevated levels of AFP, hCG, and LDH were found in 3,2, and 8 individuals respectively, but with an insignificant value from the total number. The level of PSA was slightly elevated in two individuals. Conclusion: Prostate cancer and testicular cancer have not been detected in volunteer men. None of involved men had elevated levels of all of three biomarkers of testicular cancer. The PSA level was not high enough to predict the presence of prostate cancer (PC).

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Research Article

Publication history

Received: Fri 22, Nov 2019
Accepted: Mon 09, Dec 2019
Published: Fri 27, Dec 2019

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© 2023 Ali Abdul Hussein S. AL-Janabi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.COR.2019.06.12