Clinical utility of an epigenetic assay to detect occult prostate cancer in histopathologically negative biopsies: results of the MATLOC Study

Grant D Stewart, Leander Van Neste, Philippe Delvenne, Paul Delrée, Agnès Delga, S Alan McNeill, Marie O'Donnell, James Clark, Wim Van Criekinge, Joseph Bigley, David J Harrison

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Abstract

Concern about possible false-negative prostate biopsy histopathology findings often leads to rebiopsy. A quantitative methylation specific polymerase chain reaction assay panel, including GSTP1, APC and RASSF1, could increase the sensitivity of detecting cancer over that of pathological review alone, leading to a high negative predictive value and a decrease in unnecessary repeat biopsies.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1110-1116
Number of pages7
JournalThe Journal of Urology
Volume189
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Prostate
  • Prostatic neoplasms
  • Biopsy
  • Epigenomics
  • Urology

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