INCIDENC, LIFESTYLE AND SUBJECTIVE SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS WITH PROSTATITIS: RESULTS OF THE ITALIAN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY

PLASMATIC SIL 6R/IL-6 RATIO AS APOTENTIAL PREDICTOR OF HIGH GLEASON SUM AT RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY

Background: Approximately 40% of males with low Gleason grade clinically localized prostate cancer (PCa) at biopsy were finally diagnosed with high Gleason grade PCa at radical prostatectomy (RP). Therefore, a more reliable assessment of the Gleason grade prior to RP is required. Readily available modalities such as circulating biomarkers may be useful for this purpose. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of preoperative interleukin 6 (IL-6) and its soluble receptor (sIL-6R), as well as urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u- PA), its receptor (u-PAR) and the inhibitor (PAI-1) to predict Gleason score upgrading. Patients and Methods: A total of 51 PCa patients with biopsy Gle…