Plasma tissue factor antigen in localized prostate cancer: Distribution, clinical significance and correlation with haemostatic activation markers

 

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Tissue factor (TF) is involved in cancer growth and metastasis, and haemostatic abnormalities are found in most patients with advanced malignancies, including prostate cancer (PC). Because anti-haemostatic agents are increasingly screened for their potential to prolong survival in tumor patients, a detailed characterization of haemostatic markers in selected cancer subtypes and clinical stages is warranted. In this study, we measured preoperative plasma TF antigen in a large cohort of patients with localized PC and correlated its levels with markers of coagulation and platelet activation, prostate-specific antigen (PSA), and his-topathological findings to explore its potential as a prognostic marker in this tumor entity. Out of 140 patients, 19% and 23% had plasma TF antigen levels of <40 pg/ml (low-TF) and >200 pg/ ml (high-TF), respectively, which was substantially higher than in 42 healthy male controls. Patients also had low-grade systemic coagulation activation as evidenced by elevated D-dimer, FI +2, and PAP plasma levels. Furthermore, similar to sP-selectin and sCD40L antigen, flow cytometric analysis of platelet-derived microparticles in plasma revealed significantly increased numbers in high-TF as compared to low-TF patients and controls. Whereas elevated D-dimer was associated with larger and less differentiated tumors, preoperative plasmaTF antigen levels (median [IQR]) were higher in patients with (161 pg/ml [100-236]) than in those without recurrent PC (105 pg/ml [52-182]), as indicated by a serum PSA of >0.1 ng/ml during ambulatory follow-up. In patients with localized PC, preoperative plasma TF antigen levels correlate with platelet activation in vivo and may indicate an increased risk for recurrent disease.

Footnote: Parts of this work were presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) in Atlanta, USA 2005.

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