Correlation of MR imaging and MR spectroscopic imaging findings with Ki-67, phospho-Akt, and androgen receptor expression in prostate cancer Journal Article
| Authors: | Shukla-Dave, A.; Hricak, H.; Ishill, N. M.; Moskowitz, C. S.; Drobnjak, M.; Reuter, V. E.; Zakian, K. L.; Scardino, P. T.; Cordon-Cardo, C. |
| Article Title: | Correlation of MR imaging and MR spectroscopic imaging findings with Ki-67, phospho-Akt, and androgen receptor expression in prostate cancer |
| Abstract: | Purpose: To retrospectively assess whether magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and MR spectroscopic imaging and selected molecular markers correlate with each other and with clinically insignificant and significant prostate cancer (PCa), as defined at surgical pathologic analysis. Materials and Methods: The institutional review board approved this HIPAA-compliant study and waived informed consent. Eighty-nine men (mean age, 63 years; range, 46-79 years) with biopsy-proved PCa underwent combined endorectal MR imaging and MR spectroscopic imaging before radical prostatectomy. Suspicion of clinically insignificant PCa was retrospectively and separately recorded for MR imaging and combined MR imaging and MR spectroscopic imaging by using a scale of 0-3. Clinically insignificant PCa was pathologically defined as organ-confined cancer of 0.5 cm3 or less without poorly differentiated elements. Prostatectomy specimens underwent immunohistochemical analysis for three molecular markers: Ki-67, phospho-Akt (pAkt), and androgen receptor (AR). To examine differences in marker levels for clinically insignificant and significant cancer, a Wilcoxon rank sum test was used. To examine correlations between marker levels and MR imaging or combined MR imaging and MR spectroscopic imaging scores, the Spearman correlation was used. Results: Twenty-one (24%) patients had clinically insignificant and 68 (76%) had clinically significant PCa at surgical pathologic review. All markers were significantly correlated with MR imaging and combined MR imaging and MR spectroscopic imaging findings (all correlation coefficients >0.5). In differentiating clinically insignificant from clinically significant PCa, areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves for Ki-67, AR, pAkt, MR imaging, and combined MR imaging and MR spectroscopic imaging were 0.75, 0.78, 0.80, 0.85, and 0.91, respectively. Conclusion: The use of pretreatment MR imaging or combined MR imaging and MR spectroscopic imaging and molecular marker analyses of biopsy samples could facilitate better treatment selection. © RSNA, 2009. |
| Keywords: | immunohistochemistry; protein kinase b; adult; controlled study; protein expression; aged; middle aged; major clinical study; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; sensitivity and specificity; ki 67 antigen; antigen expression; ki-67 antigen; biological markers; reproducibility of results; clinical assessment; prostate cancer; prostatic neoplasms; molecular marker; tissue distribution; prostatectomy; proto-oncogene proteins c-akt; statistics as topic; magnetic resonance spectroscopy; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; androgen receptor; pathogenicity; receptors, androgen; informed consent; phosphotransferase |
| Journal Title: | Radiology |
| Volume: | 250 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| ISSN: | 0033-8419 |
| Publisher: | Radiological Society of North America, Inc. |
| Date Published: | 2009-03-01 |
| Start Page: | 803 |
| End Page: | 812 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1148/radiol.2503080473 |
| PUBMED: | 19244047 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC2680166 |
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| Notes: | --- - "Cited By (since 1996): 1" - "Export Date: 30 November 2010" - "CODEN: RADLA" - "Source: Scopus" |
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