This study is a
decade review of requests pattern for Prostate Specific
Antigen (PSA), in a Nigerian tertiary health care. All plasma samples for
PSA from January 2002-December 2011 were analysed weekly by immunoradiometric
assay method.
Biodata from
request form were collated and analyzed. A total of 15079 requests were
received for the period under review. There was a consistent and progressive
yearly increase of request from inception to the last year of review but a
sudden drop in 2010 only.
Smoked or
barbecued food, consumption of local herb and alcohol in order of importance,
respectively, appears to be prominent factor in patient requested for PSA.
