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| | A rise in the blood level of PSA (prostate-specific antigen) in prostate cancer patients after treatment with surgery or radiation. PSA failure may occur in patients who do not have symptoms. It may mean that the cancer has come back. Also called biochemical recurrence and biochemical relapse. |
| Previous Definitions: | Proxinium, pruritus, PS-341, PSA, PSA bounce | | Next Definitions: | psammoma body, PSC 833, pseudomyxoma peritonei, psoralen, psoralen and ultraviolet A therapy |
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