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Serum measurements of testosterone, insulin-like growth factor 1, and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 in the diagnosis of prostate cancer among Korean men
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- Issue Date
- 2007-12-22
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Citation
- Asian J Androl. 2008; 10(2): 207-213
- Keywords
- Aged ; Biopsy, Needle ; Humans ; Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins/*blood ; Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/*analysis ; Korea ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Prognosis ; Prostatic Neoplasms/*blood/pathology ; Testosterone/*blood ; Tumor Markers, Biological/*blood
- Abstract
- AIM: To investigate the relationships of serum testosterone, insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 and IGF-binding protein (IGFBP)-3 levels with prostate cancer risk and also with known prognostic parameters of prostate cancer in Korean men who received radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) for clinically-localized prostate cancer. METHODS: Serum levels of total testosterone, free testosterone, IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 were determined in 592 patients who subsequently received prostate biopsy. Results were compared between patients who eventually received RRP for prostate cancer (n=159) and those who were not diagnosed with prostate cancer from biopsy (control group, n=433). Among the prostate cancer only patients, serum hormonal levels obtained were analyzed in relation to serum prostate specific antigen (PSA), pathological T stage and pathological Gleason score. RESULTS: Prostate cancer patients and the control group demonstrated no significant differences regarding serum levels of total testosterone, free testosterone, IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 across the different age groups. Among the cancer only patients, no significant associations were observed for serum levels of total testosterone, free testosterone, IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 levels with pathological T stage, pathological Gleason score and preoperative PSA. CONCLUSION: Our data indicate that simple quantifications of serum testosterone and IGF-1 along with IGFBP-3 levels might not provide useful clinical information in the diagnosis of clinically localized prostate cancer in Korean men. Also, our results suggest that serum levels of testosterone, IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 might not be significantly associated with known prognostic factors of clinically localized prostate cancer in Korean men.
- ISSN
- 1008-682X (Print)
- Language
- English
- URI
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18097534
http://www.nature.com/aja/journal/v10/n2/pdf/aja2008226a.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/67942
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