Therefore, PSA is not really a marker for disease progression, but a marker for prostate cancer activity. Because the two correlate well after initial treatment for local therapy, tracking the rise of PSA in this setting is an important way of understanding how your prostate cancer is progressing.
Popular Ukrainian female given names. 1  Ð°Ð½Ð°ÑÑÐ°ÑÑÑ (Anastasiya, of Greek origin) 2  Ð²Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»Ð¸Ð½Ð° (Vasylyna) 3  Ð²ÑÑÐ° (Vira, this name means Faith, calque from Greek ÏÎ¯ÏÏÎ·)  Ð³Ð°Ð½Ð½Ð° (Hanna, equivalent to Anne, of Hebrew 1  origin) ÐºÐ°ÑÐµÑÐ¸Ð½Ð° (Kateryna, equivalent to Catherine, of Greek origin)
By the 18th century almost all Ukrainians had family names. Most Ukrainian surnames (and surnames in Slavic languages in general) are formed by adding possessive and other suffixes to given names, place names, professions and other words. Surnames were developed for official documents or business record keeping to differentiate the parties who might have the same first name.