Abstract 879: New serum biomarkers for prostate cancer diagnosis

Abstract

Abstract Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is currently used as a biomarker for the early diagnosis and management of prostate cancer (CaP). However, PSA generally lacks the sensitivity and specificity desired of an effective diagnostic biomarker. The goal of this study was to identify an additional biomarker or a panel of biomarkers that is more sensitive and specific than PSA in differentiating benign vs. malignant prostate disease and/or localized CaP vs. metastatic CaP. Concurrent measurements of circulating IL-8, TNF-alpha (TNF-α) and sTNFR1 were obtained from four groups of men: (1) controls (2) men with elevated PSA with a negative prostate biopsy (eIPSA_negBx) (3) men with clinically localized CaP and (4) men with castration resistant CaP (CRPC). TNF-α (AUC=0.93) and sTNFR1 (AUC=0.97) were strong predictors of elPSA_negBx vs CaP). The best predictor of elPSA_negBx vs prostate cancer was sTNFR1 and IL8 combined (AUC=0.997). The strongest single predictors of localized versus metastatic CaP were TNF-α (AUC=0.992) and PSA (AUC=0.963) levels. Conclusions: The specificity and sensitivity of a PSA-based CaP diagnosis can be significantly enhanced by concurrent serum measurements of IL-8, TNF-α and sTNFR1. In view of the concerns about the ability of PSA to distinguish clinically relevant CaP from indolent disease, assessment of these biomarkers in larger cohort consisting of Caucasians and African Americans is warranted. Citation Format: Kailash C. Chadha, Austin Miller, Bindukumar B. Nair, Stanley A. Schwartz, Donald L. Trump, Willie Underwood. New serum biomarkers for prostate cancer diagnosis. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2014 Apr 5-9; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2014;74(19 Suppl):Abstract nr 879. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2014-879