AIM: The aim of the study was to evaluate MIC1/GDF15 as a biomarker in the monitoring of bone metastases occurrence. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The assessed group included patients diagnosed with: prostate cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer and colorectal cancer. Patients were divided into two groups based on the scintigraphy of the occurrence of bone metastases. Group 0 contained 55 patients without bone metastases, that served as the control group. Group 1 contained 75 patients with bone metastases. RESULTS: Higher levels (p<0.0001) of MIC1/GDF15 were found in group 1 (with bone metastases) compared to the group 0. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis showed an area under the curve (AUC) 0.87. At the point of 90% specificity we found a 65% sensitivity and cut-off value of 1.48 ng/ml. CONCLUSION: Circulating MIC1/GDF15 is a powerful biomarker for bone metastatic disease but insufficient sensitivity calls for further studies incorporating combinations with other novel or routine markers.

Biomedical Center Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen Charles University Prague Prague Czech Republic

Department of Immunochemistry Medical School and Teaching Hospital in Pilsen Charles University Prague Prague Czech Republic

Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy Medical School and Teaching Hospital in Pilsen Charles University Prague Prague Czech Republic

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An Assessment of Novel Biomarkers in Bone Metastatic Disease Using Multiplex Measurement and Multivariate Analysis