69361-4
PCA3 score in Urine by Molecular genetics method
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Part Description
LP136073-6 PCA3 score
Prostate cancer gene 3 (PCA3) is strongly expressed in 95% of primary prostate cancer specimens and in prostate cancer metastasis. PCA3 noninvasive molecular amplification assay detects and quantifies both PCA3 and PSA mRNA levels, providing a PCA3/PSA ratio score that can assist in determining whether a patient is at increased risk for developing prostate cancer. Patients positive for PCA3 have PCA3 scores greater than 35 and are at increased risk for prostate cancer.
PCA3 and PSA mRNA are isolated from urine specimens and amplified by transcription mediated amplification (TMA). Detection is achieved by hybridization protection assay (HPA). PCA3 and PSA mRNAs are quantified and the PCA3 Score is determined (PCA3 Score = [PCA3 mRNA]/[PSA mRNA] x1000).
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Fully-Specified Name
- Component
- PCA3 score
- Property
- NRto
- Time
- Pt
- System
- Urine
- Scale
- Qn
- Method
- Molgen
Additional Names
- Long Common Name
- PCA3 score in Urine by Molecular genetics method
- Short Name
- PCA3 score Ur
- Display Name
- PCA3 score Molgen (U) [# ratio]
- Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
- PCA3 score, Urine
Basic Attributes
- Class
- MOLPATH
- Type
- Laboratory
- First Released
- Version 2.38
- Last Updated
- Version 2.73 (MIN)
- Change Reason
- Changed Order_Obs from 'Observation Only' to 'Both' to fit current order use cases.
- Order vs. Observation
- Both
- Common Test Rank Get Info
- 9183
Formula (Readable)
PCA3 Score = [PCA3 mRNA]/[PSA mRNA] x1000
Language Variants Get Info
Tag | Language | Translation |
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de-AT | German (Austria) | Synonyms: PCA3 Score /U |
el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Βαθμολογία PCA3: Synonyms: NRto Βαθμολογία Βαθμολογία PCA3 |
es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Resultado PCA3: Synonyms: Cuantitativo |
es-MX | Spanish (Mexico) | Puntuación PCA3: |
fr-FR | French (France) | PCA3 score: |
it-IT | Italian (Italy) | PCA3, punteggio: Synonyms: Genetica molecolare Patologia molecolare Punteggio PCA3 Punto nel tempo (episodio) Rapporto numerico |
nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | PCA3 score: Synonyms: molgen |
ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | PCA3 число: Synonyms: Итог Количественное отношение Количественный Точка во времени; |
tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | PCA3 skoru: |
zh-CN | Chinese (China) | PCA3 评分: Synonyms: PCA3 评分(分值、 |
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