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Genetic variants and family history predict prostate cancer similar to prostate-specific antigen.


ABSTRACT: Although prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is the best biomarker for predicting prostate cancer, its predictive performance needs to be improved. Results from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial revealed the overall performance measured by the areas under curve of the receiver operating characteristic at 0.68. The goal of the present study is to assess the ability of genetic variants as a PSA-independent method to predict prostate cancer risk.We systematically evaluated all prostate cancer risk variants that were identified from genome-wide association studies during the past year in a large population-based prostate cancer case-control study population in Sweden, including 2,893 prostate cancer patients and 1,781 men without prostate cancer.Twelve single nucleotide polymorphisms were independently associated with prostate cancer risk in this Swedish study population. Using a cutoff of any 11 risk alleles or family history, the sensitivity and specificity for predicting prostate cancer were 0.25 and 0.86, respectively. The overall predictive performance of prostate cancer using genetic variants, family history, and age, measured by areas under curve was 0.65 (95% confidence interval, 0.63-0.66), significantly improved over that of family history and age (0.61%; 95% confidence interval, 0.59-0.62; P = 2.3 x 10(-10)).The predictive performance for prostate cancer using genetic variants and family history is similar to that of PSA. The utility of genetic testing, alone and in combination with PSA levels, should be evaluated in large studies such as the European Randomized Study for Prostate Cancer trial and Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial.

SUBMITTER: Zheng SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3187807 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genetic variants and family history predict prostate cancer similar to prostate-specific antigen.

Zheng S Lilly SL   Sun Jielin J   Wiklund Fredrik F   Gao Zhengrong Z   Stattin Pär P   Purcell Lina D LD   Adami Hans-Olov HO   Hsu Fang-Chi FC   Zhu Yi Y   Adolfsson Jan J   Johansson Jan-Erik JE   Turner Aubrey R AR   Adams Tamara S TS   Liu Wennuan W   Duggan David D   Carpten John D JD   Chang Bao-Li BL   Isaacs William B WB   Xu Jianfeng J   Grönberg Henrik H  

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 20090201 3


<h4>Purpose</h4>Although prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is the best biomarker for predicting prostate cancer, its predictive performance needs to be improved. Results from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial revealed the overall performance measured by the areas under curve of the receiver operating characteristic at 0.68. The goal of the present study is to assess the ability of genetic variants as a PSA-independent method to predict prostate cancer risk.<h4>Experimental design</h4>We systema  ...[more]

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