Clinical significance of alterations of chromosome 8 in high-grade, advanced, nonmetastatic prostate carcinoma

Kazunari Sato, Junqi Qian, Jeffrey M. Slezak, Michael M. Lieber, David G. Bostwick, Erik J. Bergstralh, Robert B. Jenkins

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Abstract

Background: Chromosome 8 alterations, including loss of 8p21-22 and gain of 8q24, are commonly observed in prostate carcinoma. We examined whether these alterations are associated with poor prognosis in prostate cancer. Methods: We used dual-probe fluorescence in situ hybridization and DNA probes for 8p22 (lipoprotein lipase gene), centromere 8 (8cen), and 8q24 (c-myc gene) to determine the corresponding copy numbers in tumor samples from 144 patients with high-grade, advanced (stage III) prostate carcinoma. Cox models were used for multivariate analysis of systemic progression or patient death from prostate cancer. All statistical tests are two-sided. Results: We classified the 8p22, 8cen, and c-myc copy number as normal, loss, and gain. An additional increase (AI) category of c-myc relative to the centromere copy number (i.e., overrepresentation and amplification of c-myc) was also used. Alterations of 8p22 were not statistically significantly associated with either systemic progression or patient death. Alterations of c-myc were associated with both systemic progression (P = .024) and patient death (P = .039); AI of c-myc showed the poorest outcome. We also evaluated the prognostic relevance of the combined 8p22-8cen-c-myc loci anomaly pattern for the following six patterns: normal-normal-normal, loss-any 8cen-normal, loss- gain-gain, gain-gain-gain, non-loss-any 8cen-AI, and loss-any 8cen-AI, where any 8cen is normal, loss, or gain of the chromosome 8 centromere. Patients with the loss-any 8cen-AI pattern had earlier systemic progression (P = .009) and earlier cause-specific death (P = .013) than did patients with other patterns. Multivariate analyses demonstrated that the loss-any 8cen-AI pattern was an independent risk factor for systemic progression (P < .001) and cause-specific death (P = .002). Conclusions: Genetic alterations of chromosome 8 appear to accumulate in parallel with the progression of prostate carcinomas. AI of the c-myc gene, especially with loss of 8p22, appears to be associated with poor patient prognosis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1574-1580
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of the National Cancer Institute
Volume91
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 15 1999

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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