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ArticleInternational urology and nephrology2009

Quantification of PSA mRNA levels in peripheral blood of patients with localized prostate adenocarcinoma before, during, and after radical prostatectomy by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR).

Nadir Kalfazade, Ahmet M Kuskucu, Serdar Karadag, Selcuk Sahin, Bekir Aras, Kenan Midilli, Gülden Yilmaz, Ali I Tasci

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Article in International urology and nephrology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Nadir KalfazadeDepartment of Urology, Bakirkoy Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. nadirkalfazade@gmail.com
Ahmet M Kuskucu
Serdar Karadag
Selcuk Sahin
Bekir Aras
Kenan Midilli
Gülden Yilmaz
Ali I Tasci
Bakırköy Psychiatric Hospital · TRIstanbul University · TR

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objectiveTo evaluate the clinical value of detected prostate-specific antigen (PSA) mRNA expression levels in circulating cells in patients with prostate cancer by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and to determine the effect of surgical manipulation on hematogenous dissemination.

methodsBlood samples before, during, and after (24 h) surgery were obtained from 34 patients with prostate cancer who underwent radical prostatectomy for detecting PSA mRNA expression levels. PSA mRNA expression levels, PSA levels, and Gleason scores were then compared.

resultsPSA mRNA expression levels were detected in 14 of 34 (41%) patients, and biochemical recurrence of blood PSA was observed in 6 of 34 (17%) patients. Differences of PSA mRNA expression levels in pre-, per-, and postoperative periods were statistically significant (P < 0.001) and differences of PSA mRNA expression levels in pre- and peroperative samples (P < 0.008), pre- and postoperative samples (P < 0.031), and per- and postoperative samples (P < 0.001) were also statistically meaningful. There was significant relationship between the detectable PSA mRNA expression levels in preoperative samples and biochemical recurrence of blood PSA levels. We demonstrated that surgical manipulation had no effect on biochemical recurrence of blood PSA. We also showed that there was significant correlation between high Gleason score and the detectable PSA mRNA expression levels (P < 0.027).

conclusionsOur results suggest that highly detectable PSA mRNA expression levels in preoperative samples seem to be a significant predictable factor for prostate cancer recurrence.

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ProstatectomyAdenocarcinomaAgedCohort StudiesDisease-Free SurvivalHumansMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsProstate-Specific AntigenProstatic NeoplasmsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerTreatment OutcomeProstate-Specific AntigenRNA, Messenger

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