highly significantP <0.0001
The second validation step performed by MS-qPCR on core biopsies from 131, 59 and 36 patients with histologically diagnosed PCa, BPH and high-grade PIN, respectively, showed highly significant differences in the methylation status of the APC, TACC2, RARB, DGKZ, C5orf4 and HES5 regions between BPH and PCa ( P <0.0001).