A preliminary study of micro-RNAs as minimally invasive biomarkers for the diagnosis of prostate cancer patients.

Simona GiglioCosimo De NunzioRoberto CirombellaAntonella StoppacciaroOmar FaruqStefano VoliniaGustavo BaldassarreAndrea TubaroHideshi IshiiCarlo M CroceAndrea Vecchione

Published in: Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR (2021)

Noninvasive diagnostic tests may reduce the number of unnecessary prostate biopsies. The 2-miRs-diagnostic model (miR-26b-5p and miR-98-5p) and the 2-miRs-grade model (miR-26b-5p and miR-4732-3p) are promising minimally invasive tools in prostate cancer clinical management.

Keyphrases

prostate cancer
minimally invasive
radical prostatectomy
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
robot assisted