title: The role of tumor biomarkers as predictors of serum PSA recurrence after radical prostatectomy.
abstract: Tumor biomarkers (p53, bcl-2, Ki-67, and RT-PCR) were reviewed in the literature for their ability to predict prostate-specific antigen (PSA) biological recurrence after radical prostatectomy. All of them are strongly associated with PSA recurrence on univariate analysis. p53 seems to be better than current predictors, such as stage, grade, and positive surgical margins on multivariable analysis; further studies need to confirm bcl-2 and Ki-67 as better predictors of PSA recurrence. However, most of these studies were performed on radical prostatectomy specimens and will need to be confirmed on the preoperative prostate biopsy. The RT-PCR assay was strongly correlated with PSA recurrence and was one of the two best preoperative PSA recurrence predictors with serum PSA.
authors.affiliation: Squier Urological Clinic, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Urology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de la Taille
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Buttyan
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Benson
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Katz
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000601:surgery; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000097:blood; D012008:Recurrence; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen