Biomarkers for Risk Stratification in Prostate Cancer David M. Berman, MD, PhD Professor of Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Prostate cancer 2 nd most common non-skin cancer Only 15% die of this disease 2
Natural history of untreated prostate cancer
PSA screening 4
Biopsy 5
Progress in Prostate Cancer Control cdc.gov
CRISIS
Canadian Task Force Bell et al., CMAJ 2014; 186:1225
Does screening save lives? Moyer V et al. Ann Int Med 2012; 157:120
Treatment benefit correlates with risk of progression Wilt et al., NEJM 2012; 367:
Low grade prostate cancer
Grading prostate cancer
“True” grade predicts survival
High grade cancer is lethal
Let’s not treat low grade cancers NEARLY 1/2
“Active Surveillance”
Attrition on Active Surveillance Laurence Klotz et al. JCO 2015;33:
Diagnosed with pure low grade prostate cancer?
Diagnosed with harmless prostate cancer?
Biopsy sampling error
Pathologist disagreement
Biomarkers for prostate cancer 23 PhenotypicGenotypic
Biomarkers for prostate cancer 24 PhenotypicGenotypic
Loss of tumour suppressor PTEN
PTEN is a genotypic biomarker Lotan et al., Mod Pathol Jan;28(1):128
Biomarkers for prostate cancer 27 Genotypic
Gene silencing is common in prostate cancer
Elevated DNA methylation levels are present in intermediate grade cancer LowLow + High grade 29
Elevated DNA methylation levels are present in intermediate grade cancer LowLow + High grade 30 Training Cohort Validation Cohort
Current work 31 VALIDATE
GOAL: Develop a biomarker for prostate biopsies 32 Personalised Risk stratificatiOn for patieNts wiTh prOstate cancer: PRONTO
PRONTO project
35 McGill Cohort Queen’s Cohort Discovery Validation
Thanks 36 Urology Rob Siemens Chris Doiron Pathology Sandy Boag Chris Davidson Marosh Manduch Zanobia Khan Berman Lab Atsunari Kawashima John Okello Palak Patel Tamara Jamaspishvili Nathan How Suzanne Boursalie