PSA failure

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-007036",
  "term": "PSA failure",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "biochemical recurrence",
    "biochemical relapse"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/psa-failure/"
}