VALUE OF PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN DENSITY IN PROSTATE CANCER PREDICTION
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The purpose of this study was to assess the predictive value of prostate specific antigen density (PSAD) for detection of clinically significant prostate cancer in men undergoing transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy or total prostatectomy. We carried out cross-sectional descriptive study in men who were suspected of prostate cancer (trans-abdominal ultrasound, transrectal ultrasound, digital rectal examination or PSA > 2,5 ng/ml). ROC curve analysis to compare PSAD and PSA performance and chi-square automatic interaction detector methodologies were used to identify predictors of clinically significant cancer (Gleason score ≥ 7 or international society of urological pathology grade group ≥ 2). PSAD was a better predictor than PSA alone of clinically significant prostate cancer. At the cut-off of PSAD 0,84 ng/ml2, the AUC to predict clinically significant prostate cancer was 0,822 with 67,3 % sensitivity, 90,9% specificity, 91,7 % positive predictive value and 65,2 % negative predictive value for the diagnosis of clinically significant cancer.
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prostate specific antigen density, prostate cancer, preditive value
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