title: Correlation of prostate specific antigen immunoactivity (IR-PSA) to other prognostic factors in female breast cancer.
abstract: Recently, using an ultrasensitive time-resolved immuno-fluorometric assay, PSA immunoreactivity (IR-PSA) was found in breast tumor cytosols. We retrospectively studied 219 breast cancer patients, measuring IR-PSA in the tumor cytosols, and classified the breast cancers as either PSA positive or PSA negative based on an IR-PSA cut off level of 1 pg/mg. Multivariated analysis showed that IR-PSA is an independent favourable prognostic indicator for postmenopausal, node positive breast cancer patients. Additionally, IR-PSA correlates with reduced risk of relapse in ER+ve tumors and is negatively correlated with mutated p53, which increases the risk of relapse.
authors.affiliation: Saint-Savvas Anticancer Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Griniatsos
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Diamantis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gioti
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karyda
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Vassilopoulos
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agnanti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005470:Fluorometry; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011379:Prognosis; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000378:metabolism*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen