Measurement of plasma levels of vascular endothelial growth factor in prostate cancer patients: relationship with clinical stage, Gleason score, prostate volume, and serum prostate-specific antigen
PURPOSE: This study focused on circulating levels of vascular endothelial growth factor in patients with prostate cancer compared to a normal population. METHODS: We analyzed 26 normal individuals and 80 patients with prostate cancer. Blood was drawn from all subjects, and plasma was extracted to determine the concentration of vascular endothelial growth factor using a quantitative immunoassay technique (ELISA-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay). RESULTS: The median plasma level of vascular endothelial growth factor was significantly elevated in patients with metastatic disease compared to patients with localized disease and with healthy controls. Patients with serum prostate-specific antigen > 20 ng/mL had significantly higher levels of plasma vascular endothelial growth factor than patients with serum prostate-specific antigen < 20 ng/mL. There was a trend for patients with a Gleason score of 8 to 10 to have higher levels of plasma vascular endothelial growth factor when compared to p
%0 Journal Article
%1 Duque.2006
%A Duque, J. L.
%A Loughlin, K. R.
%A Adam, R. M.
%A Kantoff, P.
%A Mazzucchi, E.
%A Freeman, M. R.
%D 2006
%J Clinics.
%K 80 A Adult Age Aged Antigen Biological Case-Control Distribution Endothelial Factor Growth Humans Immunoassay Male Markers Middle Neoplasm Neoplasms Nonparametric Organ Population Prognosis Prostate Prostate-Specific Prostatic Retrospective Size Staging Statistics Studies Tumor Vascular and blood methods over pathology physiology
%N 5
%P 401-408
%T Measurement of plasma levels of vascular endothelial growth factor in prostate cancer patients: relationship with clinical stage, Gleason score, prostate volume, and serum prostate-specific antigen
%U PM:17072437
%V 61
%X PURPOSE: This study focused on circulating levels of vascular endothelial growth factor in patients with prostate cancer compared to a normal population. METHODS: We analyzed 26 normal individuals and 80 patients with prostate cancer. Blood was drawn from all subjects, and plasma was extracted to determine the concentration of vascular endothelial growth factor using a quantitative immunoassay technique (ELISA-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay). RESULTS: The median plasma level of vascular endothelial growth factor was significantly elevated in patients with metastatic disease compared to patients with localized disease and with healthy controls. Patients with serum prostate-specific antigen > 20 ng/mL had significantly higher levels of plasma vascular endothelial growth factor than patients with serum prostate-specific antigen < 20 ng/mL. There was a trend for patients with a Gleason score of 8 to 10 to have higher levels of plasma vascular endothelial growth factor when compared to p
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author = {Duque, J. L. and Loughlin, K. R. and Adam, R. M. and Kantoff, P. and Mazzucchi, E. and Freeman, M. R.},
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keywords = {80 A Adult Age Aged Antigen Biological Case-Control Distribution Endothelial Factor Growth Humans Immunoassay Male Markers Middle Neoplasm Neoplasms Nonparametric Organ Population Prognosis Prostate Prostate-Specific Prostatic Retrospective Size Staging Statistics Studies Tumor Vascular and blood methods over pathology physiology},
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title = {Measurement of plasma levels of vascular endothelial growth factor in prostate cancer patients: relationship with clinical stage, Gleason score, prostate volume, and serum prostate-specific antigen},
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