Table 3 PCA3 and PSA RNA values in copies/ml, as measured by transcription-mediated amplification

From: Evaluation of tissue PCA3 expression in prostate cancer by RNA in situ hybridization—a correlative study with urine PCA3 and TMPRSS2-ERG

Case number a

PCA3 RNA value

PSA mRNA value

PCA3:PSA ratiob

PCA3 In situ hybridization intensity

12-index tumor

18 458

1 870 578

10

4

30-index tumor

32 681

1 694 140

19

4

32-index tumor

22 178

2 199 705

10

4

36-index tumor

20 544

2 093 452

10

4

1-index tumor

2360

556 125

4

0

17-index tumor

5932

2 539 530

2

0

30-non-index tumor

2364

920 239

3

0

41-non-index tumor

4282

1 542 647

3

0

41-non-index tumor

3977

1 167 430

3

0

  1. aCase number refers to numbering in Table 1.
  2. bPCA3:PSA ratio calculated as 1000 × (PCA3 copies/ml)/(PSA copies/ml).
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