scholarly journals Differential expression of 37 selected genes in hormone‐refractory prostate cancer using quantitative taqman real‐time RT‐PCR

2004 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaëlle Fromont ◽  
Laurent Chene ◽  
Michel Vidaud ◽  
Guy Vallancien ◽  
Philippe Mangin ◽  
...  
2003 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 490-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Halabi ◽  
Eric J. Small ◽  
Daniel F. Hayes ◽  
Nicholas J. Vogelzang ◽  
Philip W. Kantoff

Purpose: To determine whether reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to detect circulating prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-positive cells is a prognostic factor for survival in hormone refractory prostate cancer and to validate the prognostic importance of this test in relation to other known prognostic factors. Patients and Methods: A single centralized laboratory received and analyzed whole blood for RT-PCR for PSA for a subset of patients enrolled on two Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) randomized trials (CALGB 9583 and CALGB 9480). Using 9583, a prognostic model was developed and an independent data set (CALGB 9480) was used to validate the fitted model. Results: Of 162 patients in 9583, 91 (56%) patients were negative for RT-PCR for PSA and 71 (44%) patients were positive. The median survival time was 21 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 18 to 27 months) for RT-PCR-negative patients compared with 11 months (95% CI, 8 to 15 months) for RT-PCR-positive patients (P ≤ .001). In multivariable analysis, the hazard ratio (HR) for death was 1.7 (95% CI, 1.2 to 2.4; P = .006) for positive RT-PCR patients compared with negative RT-PCR patients. A fitted model that incorporated RT-PCR for PSA and other factors was used to classify patients from 9480 into one of two risk groups: low or high. We observed good agreement between the observed and predicted survival probabilities for the two risk groups. Conclusion: RT-PCR to detect PSA-positive circulating cells is confirmed to be a significant prognostic factor of survival in patients with hormone refractory prostate cancer. This model could be used to stratify patients in randomized phase III trials.


2001 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 3025-3028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip W. Kantoff ◽  
Susan Halabi ◽  
Deborah A. Farmer ◽  
Daniel F. Hayes ◽  
Nicholas A. Vogelzang ◽  
...  

PURPOSE: To evaluate the prognostic significance of reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) detection of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) mRNA in the blood of men with hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Peripheral blood was obtained from 193 men enrolled on Cancer and Leukemia Group B Study 9480, a prospective randomized comparison of three doses of suramin. RNA was isolated from the samples and assayed for the presence of PSA transcripts by RT-PCR. RESULTS: RNA could be isolated in 156 (83%) of samples. PSA transcripts as measured by RT-PCR were detectable in 75 (48%) of the 156 patients. The median survival for those patients in whom no transcripts were detectable was 18 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 14 to 22 months) compared with 13 months (95% CI, 11 to 15 months) (P = .004) for those in whom transcripts were detectable. In a multivariate analysis in which other factors predictive of survival were used, RT-PCR for PSA provided independent prognostic information. CONCLUSION: RT-PCR for PSA predicts survival duration in a population of men with HRPC.


2007 ◽  
Vol 177 (4S) ◽  
pp. 202-202
Author(s):  
Hirotsugu Uemura ◽  
Motoyoshi Tanaka ◽  
Shigeya Uejima ◽  
Takafumi Minami ◽  
Kiyohide Fujimoto ◽  
...  

2005 ◽  
Vol 173 (4S) ◽  
pp. 225-225
Author(s):  
Peter Olbert ◽  
Andres J. Schrader ◽  
Axel Hegele ◽  
Zoltan Varga ◽  
Axel Heidenreich ◽  
...  

2005 ◽  
Vol 173 (4S) ◽  
pp. 145-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Schostak ◽  
Hans Krause ◽  
Jens Köllermann ◽  
Mark Schrader ◽  
Bernd Straub ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 175 (4S) ◽  
pp. 485-486
Author(s):  
Sabarinath B. Nair ◽  
Christodoulos Pipinikas ◽  
Roger Kirby ◽  
Nick Carter ◽  
Christiane Fenske

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