Table 1 Clinical characteristics and marker expression of the study population

From: Identification of PCA3 (DD3) in prostatic carcinoma by in situ hybridization

Case

Age

pT

pN

Gleason score

PSA pre-surgery

% positive tumor cells by PCA3 chromogenic method

% positive tumor cells by PCA3 radioactive method

 1

53

2b

0

6

9.7

100

80

 2

59

2c

0

7

11

0

0

 3

65

3b

1

9

6

90

90

 4

64

2c

0

7

NA

90

90

 5

65

3a

0

6

10

80

100

 6

66

2c

0

7

4.6

90

90

 7

64

3a

0

7

8.8

75

75

 8

63

3a

0

7

9.9

ND

100

 9

57

2c

0

6

17

25

100

10

71

3a

0

9

9.7

90

90

11

56

2b

0

9

6.9

ND

90

12

75

2c

0

6

5.6

5

50

13

71

2c

0

5

14

75

75

14

53

3a

1

7

56

90

20

15

59

2b

0

6

3.1

100

100

16

86

2b

0

7

5

75

100

17

58

3b

1

7

3.6

80

75

18

70

2c

0

6

2.8

60

75

19

69

3a

1

7

25

15

10

20

61

2c

0

7

60

75

90

21

66

2c

0

7

11

75

20

22

66

3a

0

8

0

25

30

23

66

3a

0

7

4

0

0

24

66

3a

0

8

NA

5

10

25

56

2c

0

7

6.8

5

10

26

64

2b

0

7

11

ND

75

27

66

3a

0

6

NA

ND

90

28

53

2c

0

7

11

5

10

  1. NA, not available; ND, not determined.