RT Journal Article T1 KIM-1 as a Blood-Based Marker for Early Detection of Kidney Cancer: A Prospective Nested Case-Control Study. A1 Scelo, Ghislaine A1 Muller, David C A1 Riboli, Elio A1 Johansson, Mattias A1 Cross, Amanda J A1 Vineis, Paolo A1 Tsilidis, Konstantinos K A1 Brennan, Paul A1 Boeing, Heiner A1 Peeters, Petra H M A1 Vermeulen, Roel C H A1 Overvad, Kim A1 Bueno-de-Mesquita, H Bas A1 Severi, Gianluca A1 Perduca, Vittorio A1 Kvaskoff, Marina A1 Trichopoulou, Antonia A1 La Vecchia, Carlo A1 Karakatsani, Anna A1 Palli, Domenico A1 Sieri, Sabina A1 Panico, Salvatore A1 Weiderpass, Elisabete A1 Sandanger, Torkjel M A1 Nøst, Therese H A1 Agudo, Antonio A1 Quirós, J Ramón A1 Rodríguez-Barranco, Miguel A1 Chirlaque, Maria-Dolores A1 Key, Timothy J A1 Khanna, Prateek A1 Bonventre, Joseph V A1 Sabbisetti, Venkata S A1 Bhatt, Rupal S AB Purpose: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has the potential for cure with surgery when diagnosed at an early stage. Kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) has been shown to be elevated in the plasma of RCC patients. We aimed to test whether plasma KIM-1 could represent a means of detecting RCC prior to clinical diagnosis.Experimental Design: KIM-1 concentrations were measured in prediagnostic plasma from 190 RCC cases and 190 controls nested within a population-based prospective cohort study. Cases had entered the cohort up to 5 years before diagnosis, and controls were matched on cases for date of birth, date at blood donation, sex, and country. We applied conditional logistic regression and flexible parametric survival models to evaluate the association between plasma KIM-1 concentrations and RCC risk and survival.Results: The incidence rate ratio (IRR) of RCC for a doubling in KIM-1 concentration was 1.71 [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.44-2.03, P = 4.1 × 10-23], corresponding to an IRR of 63.3 (95% CI, 16.2-246.9) comparing the 80th to the 20th percentiles of the KIM-1 distribution in this sample. Compared with a risk model including known risk factors of RCC (age, sex, country, body mass index, and tobacco smoking status), a risk model additionally including KIM-1 substantially improved discrimination between cases and controls (area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve of 0.8 compared with 0.7). High plasma KIM-1 concentrations were also associated with poorer survival (P = 0.0053).Conclusions: Plasma KIM-1 concentrations could predict RCC incidence up to 5 years prior to diagnosis and were associated with poorer survival. Clin Cancer Res; 24(22); 5594-601. ©2018 AACR. YR 2018 FD 2018-07-23 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/12745 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/12745 LA en DS RISalud RD Apr 18, 2025