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[Cancer Research 63, 3991-3994, July 15, 2003]
© 2003 American Association for Cancer Research


Epidemiology and Prevention

Serum Insulin-like Growth Factor I

Tumor Marker or Etiologic Factor? A Prospective Study of Prostate Cancer among Finnish Men1

Karen Woodson2, Joseph A. Tangrea, Michael Pollak, Terry D. Copeland, Philip R. Taylor, Jarmo Virtamo and Demetrius Albanes

Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Center for Cancer Research [K. W., J. A. T., P. R. T.] and Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics [D. A.], National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892; Cancer Prevention Research Unit, Departments of Medicine and Oncology, Lady Davis Research Institute of the Jewish General Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada [M. P.]; Basic Research Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland [T. C.]; and Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland [J. V.]

Recent epidemiological studies suggest an association between higher blood levels of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and increased risk of prostate cancer. We evaluated the association between prediagnostic levels of IGF-I and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3) and prostate cancer risk in a nested case-control study within the Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Study. Within the same cohort (using different cases and controls who had sequential serum samples available) we also examined changes in serum IGF-I and IGFBP-3 levels over time by case status. The risk association study included incident prostate cancer cases (n = 100) diagnosed at least 5 years after baseline blood draw (range, 5–12 years; median 9 years) and frequency-matched (4:1) controls. The sequential serum study included all of the prostate cancer cases (n = 21) with prediagnostic (2–3 years before diagnosis) and diagnostic serum available, and pair-matched controls (1:1). An ELISA was used to quantitate serum levels of IGF-I and IGFBP-3 for both studies. The association between IGF-I or IGFBP-3 and prostate cancer risk was assessed using conditional logistic regression, and paired t tests were used to evaluate case-control differences in change in serum analytes over time. We found no significant association between either IGF-I or IGFBP-3 and prostate cancer risk. In a multivariate analysis, we observed an odds ratio of 0.52 (95% confidence interval, 0.23–1.16) for the fourth versus the first quartile of serum IGF-I. Serum IGF-I, but not IGFBP-3, increased significantly over time in cases (18% increase) but not controls (4% decrease; P = 0.02). In contrast to previous reports, we found no evidence to support a causal association between serum IGF-I or IGFBP-3 and the risk of prostate cancer. It is possible that serum IGF-I may be serving as a tumor marker rather than an etiologic factor in prostate cancer.




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