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ArticleCentral European journal of urology2018

The positive immunostaining of TMPRSS2-ERG is not associated with unfavourable outcomes and biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy in Turkish patients.

Gülistan Gümrükcü, Burcu Onamay Celik, Selahattin Çalişkan, Selvinaz Ökzara, Orhan Koca, Cağatay Tosun, Ayse Mine Önenerk, Fügen Aker

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Gülistan GümrükcüHaydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pathology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Burcu Onamay CelikHaydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pathology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Selahattin ÇalişkanKanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, Department of Urology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Selvinaz ÖkzaraHaydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pathology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Orhan KocaHaydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Urology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Cağatay TosunHaydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Urology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ayse Mine ÖnenerkHaydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pathology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Fügen AkerHaydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pathology, Istanbul, Turkey.

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introductionProstate cancer is the second most common cancer and a major significant health problem amongst men in the world. Radical prostatectomy with open, laparoscopic and robotic techniques is the gold standard treatment for localized and local advanced disease. There are some risk factors including gleason score, T stage and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level to predict the biochemical recurrence. We investigated the association with biochemical recurrence and TMPRSS2:ERG fusion in patients who were treated with open radical prostatectomy. MATERIAL AND

methodsThe expression of TMPRSS2:ERG was defined as positive (Group 1) and negative (Group 2). The positive staining of the patients is classified into three groups; weak positive, moderate positive and strong positive. In the statistical analyses; chi squared test and Mann Whitney U were used and p <0.05 was defined as statistical significance.

resultsThe present study includes 87 patients, 32 and 55 patients were in group 1 and 2 respectively. The mean age of the patients was 62.81 +5.55 and 64.45 +5.18 in the groups without significant difference. Extraprostatic extension was reported in 27 patients; 11 of these patients were in group 1 and 16 patients were in group 2 (p = 0.60). Biochemical recurrence was detected in 15 patients. Of these patients, 5 were in group 1 and 10 were in group 2 (p = 0.76).

conclusionsThe current study found no association between TMPRSS2:ERG fusion and biochemical recurrence and unfavourable pathological results in Turkish patients. Further research including a large number of patients from different regions of Turkey is needed to investigate the ERG status and biochemical recurrence for patients.

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biochemical recurrenceprostate cancerTMPRSS2:ERG fusion

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PMCPMC6202621

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