Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for diagnosing prostate cancer of a patient by detecting a PCA3 sequence, for example, a PCA3 RNA in a sample from the patient to be or not to be specifically associated with prostate cancer, and an in vitro method for detecting kidney cells or bladder cells from a non-prostate sample derived from the urinary tract. SOLUTION: The method for detecting the presence of kidney cells or bladder cells in the sample includes isolating the RNA from the non-prostate sample derived from the objective organism, amplifying PCA3 nucleic acid contained in the RNA using a primer and detecting the amplified nucleic acid including intron 3 of PCA3 or a complimentary chain thereof in the collected amplified product. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
Described herein are methods and kits for prognosis of prostate cancer in a subject. The methods comprises: (a) determining the ratio of PCA3 and PSA expression in a urine sample and (b) correlating the value of the PCA3/PSA ratio with the aggressiveness and mortality risk of prostate cancer in the subject. Kits for prognosing prostate cancer are also described. More particularly, the present invention features a method for prognosing prostate cancer in a biological sample of a patient comprising: assessing the amount of a prostate cancer specific PCA3 mRNA and the amount of PSA in the biological sample; determining a ratio value of this amount of prostate cancer specific PCA3 mRNA over the amount of PSA; comparing the ratio value to at least one predetermined cut-off value, wherein a ratio value above the predetermined cut-off value is indicative of a higher risk of mortality of prostate cancer as compared to a ratio value below the predetermined cut-off value.
Abstract:
The present invention relates, in general, to prostate cancer. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method to diagnose prostate cancer in a, patient by detecting a PCA3 sequence, and more particularly a PCA3 RNA, the PCA3 sequence detected in a sample from the patient being specifically associated with prostate cancer. In a particular embodiment the method and kit enables an amplification of a PCA3 RNA through an exon-exon junction of a spliced PCA3 mRNA. The invention also related to methods and kits to detect such an amplified PCA3 RNA, using a probe which spans the amplified exonexon junction. The invention also relates to kits containing nucleic acid primers and kits containing nucleic acid primers and nucleic acid probes to diagnose, assess, or prognose a human afflicted with prostate cancer. In particular the methods and kits are designed to detect a PCA3 RNA which lacks one intron or more, and in particular case is intron-less.
Abstract:
The present invention relates, in general, to prostate cancer. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method to diagnose prostate cancer in a, patient by detecting a PCA3 sequence, and more particularly a PCA3 RNA, the PCA3 sequence detected in a sample from the patient being specifically associated with prostate cancer. In a particular embodiment the method and kit enables an amplification of a PCA3 RNA through an exon-exon junction of a spliced PCA3 mRNA. The invention also related to methods and kits to detect such an amplified PCA3 RNA, using a probe which spans the amplified exonexon junction. The invention also relates to kits containing nucleic acid primers and kits containing nucleic acid primers and nucleic acid probes to diagnose, assess, or prognose a human afflicted with prostate cancer. In particular the methods and kits are designed to detect a PCA3 RNA which lacks one intron or more, and in particular case is intron-less.
Abstract:
Described herein are methods and kits for prognosis of prostate cancer in a subject. The methods comprises: (a) determining the ratio of PCA3 and PSA expression in a urine sample and (b) correlating the value of the PCA3/PSA ratio with the aggressiveness and mortality risk of prostate cancer in the subject. Kits for prognosing prostate cancer are also described. More particularly, the present invention features a method for prognosing prostate cancer in a biological sample of a patient comprising: assessing the amount of a prostate cancer specific PCA3 mRNA and the amount of PSA in the biological sample; determining a ratio value of this amount of prostate cancer specific PCA3 mRNA over the amount of PSA; comparing the ratio value to at least one predetermined cut-off value, wherein a ratio value above the predetermined cut-off value is indicative of a higher risk of mortality of prostate cancer as compared to a ratio value below the predetermined cut-off value.
Abstract:
The present invention relates, in general, to prostate cancer. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method to diagnose prostate cancer in a, patient by detecting a PCA3 sequence, and more particularly a PCA3 RNA, the PCA3 sequence detected in a sample from the patient being specifically associated with prostate cancer. In a particular embodiment the method and kit enables an amplification of a PCA3 RNA through an exon-exon junction of a spliced PCA3 mRNA. The invention also related to methods and kits to detect such an amplified PCA3 RNA, using a probe which spans the amplified exonexon junction. The invention also relates to kits containing nucleic acid primers and kits containing nucleic acid primers and nucleic ac id probes to diagnose, assess, or prognose a human afflicted with prostate cancer. In particular the methods and kits are designed to detect a PCA3 RNA which lacks one intron or more, and in particular case is intron-less.
Abstract:
Procedimiento para pronosticar el cáncer de próstata en una muestra de orina de un paciente, que comprende: (a) valorar la cantidad de ARNm de PCA3 específico de cáncer de próstata y la cantidad de un marcador específico de próstata en dicha muestra de orina; (b) determinar un valor de la razón de dicha cantidad de dicho ARNm de PCA3 específico de cáncer de próstata en función de dicha cantidad de marcador específico de próstata; y (c) comparar dicho valor de la razón con al menos un valor umbral predeterminado, en donde un valor de la razón superior a dicho valor umbral predeterminado es indicativo de un cáncer de próstata más agresivo en comparación con un valor de la razón inferior a dicho valor umbral predeterminado.