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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-1-28
pubmed:abstractText
The relation between tumor kinetics and disease progression in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC) has not been well described. Biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer is characterized by detectable prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels after treatment and occurs in approximately 30% of patients after therapy for apparent localized disease. An increase in PSA almost always occurs before clinical evidence of disease. The ability to identify early biochemical failure in patients to assess disease aggressiveness and guide changes in treatment needs to be examined. We examined serial PSA data from 249 patients with metastatic disease to assess PSA doubling time (PSADT) in hormone-naive prostate cancer (HNPC) and HRPC states. In a subset of patients, the relation of PSADT to Gleason score and survival was studied. PSADT decreased from 37.5 +/- 4.5 weeks to 15.6 +/- 1.6 weeks (mean +/- SEM) in patients with HNPC versus HRPC. In this small study, PSADT did not correlate with Gleason score, survival from start of hormonal treatment, length of time receiving hormone therapy, or survival in the HRPC state. The decrease in PSADT with disease state may help provide insight into understanding the biology of late-stage disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1527-9995
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
62 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
128-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Algorithms, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Androgen Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Disease-Free Survival, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Neoplasm Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Prostate-Specific Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Prostatectomy, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Prostatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Risk, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Salvage Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:14747050-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Prostate-specific antigen doubling time and survival in patients with advanced metastatic prostate cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Michigan Urology Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0946, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review