Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Using Urine Sediment Analysis-Based α-Methylacyl-CoA Racemase Score: A Single-Center Experience.

ABSTRACT: To evaluate the diagnostic value of α-methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR) score in Han Chinese patients with prostate cancer (PCa) through urine sediment analysis. We collected 292 urine sediment samples after digital rectal examination. Levels of AMACR and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) messenger RNA (mRNAs) were evaluated by quantitative real time-polymerase chain reaction. The diagnostic value of AMACR score was assessed by receiver-operating characteristic analysis (ROC), Mann-Whitney test, logistic regression analysis and decision curve analysis. In all patients (n = 292), the area under the curve (AUC) for serum PSA, AMACR score, and a combinative model of these 2 parameters were 0.745 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.691-0.794), 0.753 (95% CI: 0.700-0.802), and 0.784 (95% CI: 0.732-0.8

SUBMITTER: Ji J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6891009 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature