Loeb Stacy, Tosoian Jeffrey J
Department of Urology, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
Population Health, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
Transl Androl Urol. 2018 Feb;7(1):155-159. doi: 10.21037/tau.2017.12.26.
The use of active surveillance (AS) is increasing for favorable-risk prostate cancer. However, there remain challenges in patient selection for AS, due to the limitations of current clinical staging. In addition, monitoring protocols relying on serial biopsies is invasive and presents risks such as infection. For these reasons, there is substantial interest in identifying markers that can be used to improve AS selection and monitoring. In this article, we review the evidence on serum, urine and tissue markers in AS.
对于低危前列腺癌,主动监测(AS)的应用正在增加。然而,由于当前临床分期的局限性,在AS的患者选择方面仍存在挑战。此外,依赖系列活检的监测方案具有侵入性,并存在感染等风险。基于这些原因,人们对识别可用于改善AS选择和监测的标志物有着浓厚兴趣。在本文中,我们综述了关于AS中血清、尿液和组织标志物的证据。