Combining CAPRA-S With Tumor IDC/C Features Improves the Prognostication of Biochemical Recurrence in Prostate Cancer Patients

Background: Intraductal carcinoma and cribriform (IDC/C) tumor features are well-established prognosticators of biochemical recurrence (BCR), metastasis, and prostate cancer (PCa)-specific mortality. However, approximately 70% of PCa patients undergoing a radical prostatectomy are IDC/C negative, yet up-to 20% of these patients progress and experience BCR. Thus, tumor histopathologic characteristics such as IDC/C alone are limited in their ability to predict disease progression. Conversely, several nomograms such as Cancer of the Prostate Risk Assessment-Surgery (CAPRA-S) have been developed to aid in the prognostication of BCR, but not yet widely applied in clinical settings. Materials and methods: In this study, we assessed the combined prognostic utility of IDC/C, and CAPRA-S for BCR in 3 PCa patient cohorts. Results: CAPRA-S+IDC/C improved the predictive accuracy of BCR in all 3 cohorts (P < .001). Specifically, among IDC/C negative cases, CAPRA-S improved the prognostication of BCR in low-risk (Cohort 1; P < .001, Cohort 2; P < .001, Cohort 3; P = .003), intermediate (Cohort 1; P < .001, Cohort 2; P = .006, Cohort 3; P = .03) and high-risk (Cohort 1-3; P < .001) patients. Conversely, IDC/C improved the prognostication of BCR among CAPRA-S low-risk (Cohorts 1; P < .001 and Cohort 3; P = .003) patients. Conclusion: Our results suggest the investigation of histopathological IDC/C features in CAPRA-S low-risk patients and conversely, nomogram CAPRA-S among IDC/C negative patients improves the identification of patients likely to experience BCR, which would otherwise be missed through current assessment regimens. These patients can be offered more intensive monitoring and adjuvant therapies upfront to circumvent the development of recurrent cancer or overtreatment at the time of surgery.     

Is chronic inflammatory change in the prostate the major cause of rising serum prostate‐specific antigen in patients with clinical suspicion of prostate cancer?

AIM: To evaluate the cause of elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in patients with transrectal needle biopsy negative for prostate cancer. METHODS: Serum PSA concentration, prostate volume, and pathologic findings were examined in 223 patients with negative biopsy for prostate cancer. The degree of prostate inflammation was determined by the extent and degree of inflammation shown by biopsy specimens and is expressed as an inflammation score (range: 0-36). RESULTS: A significant correlation was found between PSA concentration and prostate total volume (P=0.0001). Prostate chronic inflammation showed no correlation with PSA concentration (P=0.485, F=0.488). After allocating patients to normal PSA (PSA (>4 ng/mL) groups, we found that serum PSA concentrations in both groups were predominantly affected by prostate total volume. CONCLUSIONS: An increase in prostate volume appears to be the major contributor to a high serum PSA concentration in patients with negative biopsy for prostate cancer. However, in contrast to previous reports, there was no correlation between the degree of prostate chronic inflammation and serum PSA concentrations.     

D期前列腺癌药物去势的疗效与AR、PSA的相关性研究

目的:探讨D期前列腺癌(PCa)患者药物去势治疗的效果与雄激素受体(AR)、前列腺特异性抗原(PSA)的相关性。方法:对33例D期PCa患者给予LHRH类似物 抗雄激素药物进行药物去势治疗,结合免疫组化进行统计分析。结果:AR、PSA与癌组织分化程度的之间的差异有统计学意义。Gleason不同评分组间血清PSA水平之间差异有统计学意义(P<0.05),PCa Gleason评分值与原位PSA免疫标记表达呈明显的负相关性(P<0.01);原位PSA免疫标记表达与血清PSA不具有相关性。结论:PCa组织中AR、PSA表达与D期PCa患者行药物去势疗法疗效有密切关系;血清PSA变化是监测PCa肿瘤复发与疗效的可靠瘤标。     

前列腺特异性抗原检测在空军干部体检中的作用

目的提高前列腺癌的早期诊断。方法对空军中老年干部体检人群增设前列腺特异性抗原（PSA）检测，PSA异常者采用超声引导下活检，明确病理诊断。结果增设PSA检测后前列腺癌的检出率明显提高。结论在对男性中老年人群体检中，PSA是一重要肿瘤检测指标，应列为常规检查项目之一。     

Die Skelettszintigraphie beim neu diagnostizierten Prostatakarzinom

ZusammenfassungHintergrund Die Indikationsstellung zur Skelettszintigraphie beim neu diagnostizierten, unbehandelten Prostatakarzinom ist kontrovers.Patienten und Methoden In der vorliegenden retrospektiven Studie untersuchten wir 406 Patienten, die unabhängig von PSA-Wert und Histologie eine Staging-Skelettszintigraphie erhielten. Aus dem Patientengut evaluierten wir verschiedene Leitlinien und Empfehlungen bezüglich ihrer Vorhersagekraft. Die Kosten wurden gemäß EBM und GOÄ kalkuliert. Bei der Klassifikation von Skelettmetastasen prüften wir die Einteilungen nach Soloway, Crawford und Rigaud.Ergebnisse Eine positive Skelettszintigraphie im Sinne einer Skelettmetastasierung fanden wir bei 41 (10%) der 406 Patienten. Die Leitlinie der EAU hat sich sowohl hinsichtlich ihrer klinischen Wertigkeit als auch der Kosteneffizienz als wertvollste Empfehlung herausgestellt. Als Klassifikationssystem erwies sich die Rigaud-Klassifikation den anderen Einteilungen überlegen.Schlussfolgerung Gemäß der EAU-Leitlinie 2005 scheint die Skelettszintigraphie bei asymptomatischen Patienten mit einem PSA>20 ng/ml (G1/G2) sowie unabhängig vom PSA-Wert bei einem G3-Karzinom und lokal fortgeschrittenem Tumor indiziert. Als bestes Klassifikationssystem für Skelettmetastasen im Skelettszintigramm erwies sich die Einteilung nach Rigaud.     

Rate of PSA rise predicts metastatic versus local recurrence after definitive radiotherapy

: A rising prostate specific antigen (PSA) following treatment for adenocarcinoma of the prostate indicates eventual clinical failure, but the rate of rise can be quite different from patient to patient, as can the pattern of clinical failure. We sought to determine whether the rate of PSA rise could differentiate future local versus metastatistic failure.

: Two thousand six hundred sixty-seven PSA values from 400 patients treated with radiotherapy for localized adenocarcinoma of the prostate were analyzed with respect to PSA patterns and clinical outcome. Patients had received no hormonal therapy or prostate surgey and had ?4 PSA values post-treatment PSA rate of rise, determined by the slope of the natural log, was classified as gradual (< 0.69 log (ng/ml)/year, or doubling time (DT) > 1 year), moderate (0.69-1.4 log (ng/ml)/year, or DT 6 months-1 year), or rapid [>1.4 log (ng/ml)/year, or DT < 6 months].

: SIxty-one percent of patients had non-rising PSA following treatment; 25% of patients with rising PSA developed clinical failure, and 93% of patients with clinical failure had rising PSA. The rate of rise discerned different clinical failure patterns. Local failure occurred in 23% of patients with moderate rate of rise versus 7% with gradual rise (p = 0.0001). Metastatic disease developed in 46% of those with rapid versus 8% with moderate rise (p < 0.0001). By multivariate analysis, in addition to rate of rise, PSA nadir and rate of decline predicted local failure; those with post-treatment nadir of 1–4 ng/ml were five times more likely to experience local failure than nadir < 1 ng/ml (p = 0.0002). Rapid rate of rise was the most significant independent predictor of metastastic failure.

: The rate of PSA rise following definitive radiotherapy can predict clinical failure patterns, with a rapidly rising PSA indicating metastatic recurrence and moderately rising PSA local recurrence. This information could potentially dirent therapy; if the rise predicts metastatic failure hormonal therapy could be cosidereed, while aggressive salvage therapy may benefit subclinical local recurrence identified by a moderate rate of PSA rise.     

PSA在前列腺癌疗效监测中的价值

PSA的临床应用已对前列腺癌的诊断起了巨大作用 ,而且PSA在前列腺癌疗效监测中亦是一重要指标。本文分别就前列腺癌根治性切除术 ,放射治疗和雄激素去除治疗后的PSA变化及其监测价值作一综述     

Optimising Hormone Therapy in Advanced Disease

Although most prostate cancer (PCa) patients nowadays are diagnosed at an early stage of disease, unfortunately still a significant number of patients will develop advanced PCa or will be diagnosed at an advanced (or metastatic) stage of disease. The group of patients showing the highest increase in incidence are those with rising prostate specific antigen (PSA) after radical therapy.In the last quarter of 2004, a Medline search has been performed targeting publications on patients diagnosed with advanced PCa, as well as with PSA relapse after previous radical therapy. This review aims at providing guidance to optimise hormone therapy in those selected groups of patients by addressing three pivotal questions; (i) who should receive hormonal treatment, (ii) what type of hormonal therapy should the patient be offered and (iii) what is the best timing of starting hormonal treatment.In patients relapsing after radical therapy, the PSA doubling time (PSA DT) has become a critical instrument to distinguish patients to have innocuous PSA evolution from patients at high risk for disease progression. A PSA DT of 3 months seems to be the cut-off point for identifying patients at risk. Therefore patients with a PSA DT of less than 3 months should be advised to initiate hormonal therapy. Antiandrogen monotherapy may be considered in this setting as it has been shown to delay progression; however, significant survival data are not yet available. Whether luteinising hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists should be given continuously or intermittently (IHT) remains subject of debate.Surgical castration has been the standard of care in patients diagnosed with advanced PCa. Currently, LHRH agonists have become the preferred way of suppressing testosterone.Combination of an antiandrogen and a LHRH agonist (CAB) shows a modest benefit over LHRH agonist monotherapy. As CAB leads to increased side effects and costs, LHRH agonist monotherapy is preferred in the majority of patients.Conflicting data have been published concerning the optimal timing of LHRH agonist therapy. So it is not clear whether LHRH agonist therapy should be started immediately or deferred until appearance of symptoms. When initiating continuous hormone therapy, patients should be carefully monitored for the risk of long term androgen deprivation (anaemia, osteopenia and osteoporosis).     

Diagnostic value of serum prostate-specific antigen in hemodialysis patients

BACKGROUND: The value of serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening was examined to detect prostate cancer in men receiving hemodialysis. METHODS: Forty-one male patients age 60-95 (median age, 70 years) receiving hemodialysis were investigated for PSA levels. We set the cut-off point at 4 ng/mL (the usual reference range). Digital rectal examination (DRE) and transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) of the prostate were performed in patients whose PSA was more than 4 ng/mL and/or who expected further examination of the prostate. When prostate cancer was suspected, biopsy of the prostate was performed. In patients with prostate cancer, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography and bone scintigraphy were performed to diagnose the clinical stage. RESULTS: The mean serum level of PSA was 2.10 +/- 0.49 ng/mL. In this screening study, four of 41 men required further examinations for prostate cancer. Two of four refused further examinations. The other two were diagnosed with prostate cancer. The incidence of prostate cancer was at least 5% in our hemodialysis patients. One man, whose clinical stage was T2aN0M0, was treated with radical retropubic prostatectomy. Another man, whose clinical stage was T2bN0M0, was treated with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogue. CONCLUSION: In our preliminary study, prostate cancer screening with PSA was useful for the early detection of prostate cancer in hemodialysis patients. If possible, DRE and TRUS should be performed in conjunction with PSA tests.     

医院PSA制氧系统购置及配置论证

PSA方式制氧是目前最先进的制氧方式，PSA制氧系统是各医院首选的供氧设备。本文阐述了PSA制氧的工作原理及购置理由，并就如何配置此系统进行了全面地论证。