title: [Diagnostic value of urinary N-telopeptide of type I collagen in prostate cancer: comparison with bone scintigraphy].
abstract: The usefulness of a new biochemical marker of bone resorption, N-telopeptide of type I collagen (NTx), in the diagnosis of bone metastasis was assessed in 69 prostate cancer patients. Based on the bone scintigraphy findings, the patients were divided into a bone metastasis (+) group (n = 36) and a bone metastasis (-) group (n = 33). The urinary NTx level was significantly higher in the bone metastasis (+) group than in the bone metastasis (-) group (95.5 +/- 18.5 nM BCE/mM Cr vs. 63.3 +/- 7.9 nM BCE/mM Cr). There was a tendency for greater variability in urinary NTx levels during a 2 month-period in the bone metastasis (+) group than in the bone metastasis (-) group. The urinary NTx level of the 6 patients who were clinically staged as (4+) according to the extent of disease (EOD) grading system was 211.4 +/- 96.9 nM BCE/mM Cr, and was significantly higher (p < 0.05) than in the (-) group. However, there was not a significant difference in urinary NTx levels between the (1+) to (3+) groups and the (-) group. In conclusion, measuring urinary NTx levels in useful in diagnosing bone metastasis in view of the fact that it is a simple and noninvasive procedure. While it is not as sensitive as bone scintigraphy, it may be used to supplement bone scintigraphy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fukumitsu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yanada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hatano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nakada
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000652:urine*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003094:Collagen / Q000652:urine*; D024042:Collagen Type I; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010455:Peptides / Q000652:urine*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D024042:Collagen Type I; D010455:Peptides; C052929:collagen type I trimeric cross-linked peptide; D003094:Collagen