Detailed Product Description

Rapid PSA TEST

FOR THE SEMI-QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN PSA IN
HUMAN SERUM AND PLASMA

Catalog Number: 72003

For in vitro Diagnostic Use

INTENDED USE
Rapid PSA Test is an immunochromatography based one step in vitro test. It is designed for the rapid semi-quantitative determination of human prostate specific antigen (PSA) in serum or plasma specimens.

SUMMARY AND EXPLANATION
Prostate cancer is the one of the most common types of cancer found in man. The incidence of prostate cancer increases with age and accounts for a growing number of newly diagnosed patients. Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is produced primarily in the prostate gland and is secreted into the prostate ducts and at ejaculation serves to liquefy the seminal coagulum. Virtually all healthy males under 50 years of age have PSA concentration under 4.0 ng/ml. If PSA level is above 20 ng/ml, the patient most likely to have prostate cancer. Some studies indi