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Table 3 Diagnostic performance for PCa of the most significant urine-gene expression signatures containing PCA3 gene, reported originally and validated in our cohort

From: Using gene expression from urine sediment to diagnose prostate cancer: development of a new multiplex mRNA urine test and validation of current biomarkers

Study

Biomarkers

Initial performance reported

Performance validation (our cohort)

n total (T/C)

SN (%)

SP (%)

AUC

n total (T/C)

SN (%)

SP (%)

AUC

Hessels et al., 2003 [4]

PCA3

108 (24/84)

67

83

0.717

224 (151/73)

49

85

0.708

Hessels et al., 2007 [9]

PCA3, TMPRSS2:ERG

108 (78/30)

73

52

-

224 (151/73)

48

86

0.708

Laxman et al., 2008 [10]

PCA3, TMPRSS2:ERG, GOLPH2, SPINK1

234 (138/96)

66

76

0.758

224 (151/73)

72

64

0.719

Ouyang et al., 2009 [11]

PCA3, AMACAR

92 (43/49)

81

53

-

224 (151/73)

48

85

0.707

Rigau et al., 2010 [12]

PCA3, PSGR

215 (73/142)

77

60

0.73

224 (151/73)

62

71

0.708

Present study, 2015

HIST1H2BG, SPP1, ELF3 and PCA3

224 (151/73)

77

83

0.763

224 (151/73)

77

83

0.763

  1. Abbreviations: T Tumors, C Controls, SN Sensitivity, SP Specificity, AUC Area Under the Curve