Why a Genomic Test Like the Genomic Prostate Score® (formerly Oncotype DX GPS) test?
Understanding the GPS Basics
In this short 10 minute video, Senior Medical Liaison Ericka Bagi BSN, RN explains the development of the GPS assay and how the test evaluates adverse outcomes to help make treatment decisions for patients with low to high-risk prostate cancer.
Clinical features alone may not show the whole picture
Biopsy alone does not always accurately differentiate candidates for active surveillance.
GG = Grade group; GS = Gleason Score; RP = radical prostatectomy
~1 in 4 patients with a GS 6 at biopsy had more aggressive disease (GS >=7) at surgery1
~1 in 5 patients with a GS 7 at biopsy had less aggressive disease (GS 6) at surgery1
Biopsies often do not accurately categorize risk because of tumor heterogeneity, multifocality, and undersampling in prostate cancer.2
More accurate measures of tumor aggressiveness lead to more treatment decisions.
GENETIC VS GENOMIC
Genetic tests screen for inherited risk factors or spontaneously arising mutations. They can help identify the risk of getting cancer or how a tumor may respond to certain therapies.3
Genomic tests examine gene expression levels within a sample of tumor tissue. They provide information about the tumor’s biology and aggressiveness.3
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- Brooks MA, Thomas L, Magi-Galluzzi C, et al. GPS assay association with long-term cancer outcomes: twenty-year risk of distant metastasis and prostate cancer-specific mortality. JCO Precis Oncol. 2021;5:PO.20.00325.
- Cullen J, Kuo HC, Shan J, Lu R, Aboushwareb T, Van Den Eeden SK. The 17-gene genomic prostate score test as a predictor of outcomes in men with unfavorable intermediate risk prostate cancer. Urology. 2020;143:103-111.
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- Van Den Eeden SK, Lu R, Zhang N, et al. A biopsy-based 17-gene genomic prostate score as a predictor of metastases and prostate cancer death in surgically treated men with clinically localized disease. Eur Urol. 2018;73(1):129-138.
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- Badani KK, Kemeter MJ, Febbo PG, et al. The impact of a biopsy based 17-gene genomic prostate score on treatment recommendations in men with newly diagnosed clinically prostate cancer who are candidates for active surveillance. Urol Pract. 2015;2(4), 181-189.
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- Lynch JA, Rothney MP, Salup RR, et al. Improving risk stratification among veterans diagnosed with prostate cancer: impact of the 17-gene prostate score assay. Am J Manag Care. 2018;24(1 Suppl):S4-S10.
- Leapman MS, Westphalen AC, Ameli N, et al. Association between a 17-gene genomic prostate score and multi-parametric prostate MRI in men with low and intermediate risk prostate cancer (PCa). PLoS One. 2017;12(10):e0185535.
- Kornberg Z, Cowan JE, Westphalen AC, et al. Genomic Prostate Score, PI-RADS™ version 2 and progression in men with prostate cancer on active surveillance. J Urol. 2019;201(2):300-307.
- Salmasi A, Said J, Shindel AW, et al. A 17-gene genomic prostate score assay provides independent information on adverse pathology in the setting of combined multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging fusion targeted and systematic prostate biopsy. J Urol. 2018;200(3):564-572.
- Magi-Galluzzi C, Isharwal S, Falzarano SM, et al. The 17-gene genomic prostate score assay predicts outcome after radical prostatectomy independent of PTEN status. Urology. 2018;121:132-138.
- Cullen J, Lynch JA, Klein EA, et al. Multicenter comparison of 17-gene genomic prostate score as a predictor of outcomes in African American and Caucasian American men with clinically localized prostate cancer. J Urol. 2021;205(4):1047-1054.
- Murphy AB, Carbunaru S, Nettey OS, et al. A 17-gene panel genomic prostate score has similar predictive accuracy for adverse pathology at radical prostatectomy in African American and European American men. Urology. 2020;142:166-173.
- Covas Moschovas M, Chew C, Bhat S, et al. Association between Oncotype DX genomic prostate score and adverse tumor pathology after radical prostatectomy. Eur Urol Focus. 2021;S2405-4569(21)00094-8.
- Aboushwareb T, Bennett J, Yuan Y, et al. Active surveillance or watchful waiting in clinically low-risk prostate cancer patients in the SEER database with and without an Oncotype Dx genomic prostate score assay. J Urol.2021;206(3S):e1094 (MP62-06).
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