Plasma insulin-like growth factor-1 and binding protein-3 and subsequent risk of prostate cancer in the PSA era

Elizabeth A. Platz, Michael N. Pollak, Michael F. Leitzmann, Meir J. Stampfer, Walter C. Willett, Edward Giovannucci

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Abstract

Objective: The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) axis is thought to contribute to the growth and progression of prostate cancer. Some prospective studies support a direct association between IGF-1 and prostate cancer, in particular advanced disease, whereas both inverse and direct associations with prostate cancer have been reported for insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3), the major IGF-1 binding protein in circulation. We prospectively investigated the associations of plasma IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 concentrations with prostate cancer detected in the PSA era. Methods: We identified 462 prostate cancer cases diagnosed after providing a blood specimen in 1993, but before January 1998 among men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Controls were 462 age-matched men without prostate cancer who had had a PSA test after providing a blood specimen. We measured plasma concentrations of IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 by ELISA. Conditional logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of prostate cancer. Results: Men with higher concentrations of IGF-1 (comparing extreme quartiles OR=1.37, 95% CI 0.92-2.03, p-trend=0.05) and IGFBP-3 (OR=1.62, 95% CI 1.07-2.46, p-trend=0.08) had a higher risk of prostate cancer. After mutual statistical adjustment, these associations were attenuated for both IGF-1 (OR=1.17, 95% CI 0.69-1.99, p-trend=0.29) and IGFBP-3 (OR=1.40, 95% CI 0.80-2.44, p-trend=0.56). We found no significant association of IGF-1 with regionally invasive or metastatic (≥T3b, N1, or M1) prostate cancer, although the number of these cases was small (n=42). Conclusions: Our findings for IGF-1 and prostate cancer diagnosed in the PSA era are similar to most previous studies, albeit weaker in magnitude. Our suggestive positive findings for IGFBP-3 are similar to some studies, but in direct contrast to others.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)255-262
Number of pages8
JournalCancer Causes and Control
Volume16
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2005

Keywords

  • Cohort study
  • Insulin-like growth factor
  • Prostate cancer
  • Risk

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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