Epithelial quantitation of histologically normal prostate tissue predicts the presence of cancer in tissue biopsies

摘要

A method of detecting the presence of a prostate cancer in a human subject comprising the steps of (a) obtaining a histologically normal prostate tissue sample from the patient and (b) quantifying the epithelial percentage of the tissue, wherein an epithelial percentage greater than 39% indicates the presence of prostate cancer or a prostate cancer field defect.