良性前列腺增生病人血清不同类别PSA的检测与分析

目的 :分析前列腺增生 (BPH)病人血清中不同前列腺特异抗原 (PSA)的稳定性 ,探讨其在前列腺疾病诊断中的应用价值。　方法 :将病理诊断证实的 1 0 5例BPH病人按总PSA(tPSA)水平分为 3组 :A组 (tPSA <4μg/L)67例 ,B组 (tPSA值 4～ 1 0 μg/L) 2 6例 ,C组 (tPSA >1 0 μg/L) 1 2例。按年龄分为 3组 :a组 (≤ 55岁 ) 1 8例 ,b组 (56～ 69岁 ) 33例 ,c组 (≥ 70岁 ) 54例。采用Bayer磁微粒化学发光免疫方法 ,测定各组BPH病人血清中的复合PSA(cPSA)、tPSA、游离PSA(fPSA) ,并计算cPSA/tPSA、fPSA/tPSA、fPSA/cPSA比值 ,比较它们在不同年龄和tPSA水平组间的稳定性。　结果 :无论在不同的tPSA水平组 ,还是在不同的年龄组 ,cPSA/tPSA比值和fPSA/tPSA、fP SA/cPSA比值比其它各种PSA更稳定。　结论 :cPSA/tPSA比值和fPSA/tPSA、fPSA/cPSA比值在前列腺疾病的诊断中可能更具有应用价值     

上海闵行区PSA异常的老年男性前列腺疾病跟踪调查与分析

目的 :了解老年男性前列腺疾病的发病情况及前列腺特异抗原 (PSA)、游离PSA(fPSA)、fPSA与血清总PSA(tPSA)的比值 (f/t)跟年龄、前列腺体积 (PV)之间的关系。方法 :对 142 5名老年男性进行前列腺指检 (DRE)和PSA测定 ,然后对其中tPSA >4μg/L者进行了随访复查 ,检查项目包括DRE、tPSA、fPSA和经直肠前列腺B超 ,并建议行前列腺穿刺活检。结果 :142 5例调查者中 ,tPSA >4μg/L者 16 9例 (11.9%) ,其中 84例得到随访 ,发现tPSA、f/t与年龄无相关性 (P >0 .0 5 ) ,而PV与年龄呈正相关 (P <0 .0 5 )。 17例接受了前列腺穿刺活检 ,1例接受手术治疗 ,其中 9例被病理检查证实为前列腺增生 (BPH) ,9例被证实为前列腺癌 (PCa)。BPH组与PCa组tPSA差异有显著性意义 ,而两组PV差异无显著性意义。结论 :PSA是诊断前列腺癌的重要瘤标 ,前列腺“6点法”穿刺活检是诊断前列腺癌有效而必要的方法。     

有下尿路症状的良性前列腺增生患者前列腺特异性抗原检测的临床意义

目的:探讨前列腺特异性抗原(PSA)测定在有下尿路症状的良性前列腺增生(BPH)患者的临床意义。方法:比较520例有症状和196例无症状的BPH患者的总PSA(tPSA),游离PSA(fPSA)和fPSA/tPSA等指标,并进行统计学分析。结果:有症状组和无症状组的tPSA值分别为(5.13±2.49)、(1.73±1.26)μg/L,差异有极显著性(P<0.01);fPSA分别为(1.57±0.80)、(0.54±0.38)μg/L,差异有极显著性(P<0.01);fPSA/tPSA分别为0.31±0.09和0.30±0.11,差异无显著性(P>0.05)。结论:有下尿路症状BPH患者的tPSA、fPSA明显高于无症状,但fPSA/tPSA比值在BPH患者中稳定。     

前列腺腺癌患者血清PSA水平对Gleason评分的预测价值

目的探讨前列腺腺癌患者血清前列腺特异性抗原(PSA)水平对Gleason评分的预测价值。方法研究血清PSA三种主要指标和Gleason分级主要指标均值;比较不同组别之间的差异,分析血清PSA与Gleason评分相关性,并观察血清总PSA(tPSA)与Gleason评分之间变化趋势。结果血清tPSA≤4.0、4.1~10.0、10.1~20.0、20.1~100.0、100.0ng/mL组Gleason评分均值分别为6.31±0.47、6.66±0.89、7.04±1.11、7.56±1.03以及7.91±1.01;血清游离PSA(fPSA)≤1.0、1.1~10.0、10.0组Gleason评分均值分别为6.45±0.69、6.98±0.98以及7.75±1.05;血清总PSA(tPSA)t/fPSA≤0.16、0.17~0.50以及0.50组Gleason评分均值分别为6.72±0.88、7.45±1.04以及8.36±1.12。血清tPSA、fPSA以及fPSA/tPSA比值分别与Gleason评分、主要分级以及次要分级显著正相关;Gleason评分、主要分级以及次要分级均随血清tPSA、fPSA以及fPSA/tPSA逐渐增加而增加。结论前列腺腺癌患者血清PSA对Gleason评分的具有预测价值;与fPSA和fPSA/tPSA比值相比,tPSA是最有预测价值的指标。     

fPSA/tPSA比值优化前列腺癌早期诊断作用的研究

目的 :探讨游离前列腺特异性抗原 /总前列腺特异性抗原 (fPSA/tPSA)比值在优化tPSA早期诊断前列腺癌(PCa)中的作用。　方法 :以长春市 5 0岁以上PCa集团普查中tPSA在 4 .0～ 2 0 .0 μg/L范围、并接受前列腺活检的1 87例受检者为研究对象 ,测定tPSA、fPSA含量 ,应用SPSS 1 0 .0软件对不同区间fPSA/tPSA比值进行统计学分析。结果 :①tPSA在 4 .0～ 1 0 .0 μg/L、1 0 .0～ 2 0 .0 μg/L区间时 ,PCa检出率分别为1 8.1 %、2 2 .5 %。②ROC曲线分析显示不同区间时fPSA/tPSA比值的曲线下面积 (AUC)均大于tPSA (P <0 .0 5 )。③fPSA/tPSA比值取 0 .2 5为界值时 ,tPSA在 4 .0～ 1 0 .0 μg/L、1 0 .0～ 2 0 .0 μg/L两区间诊断PCa的敏感度分别为90 .5 %和 87.5 % ,可以分别避免 2 6 .7%和 1 1 .3%的人群进行活检。　结论 :在集团普查中 ,fPSA/tPSA比值在tPSA为 4 .0～ 2 0 .0 μg/L时可以提高检测PCa的特异性 ,减少不必要的活检。     

前列腺特异性抗原与前列腺结节增生病理类型的关系

目的 探讨前列腺特异性抗原（PSA）与前列腺结节增生病理类型的关系。方法 对210例经临床和病理确诊为良性前列腺增生（BPH）的患者资料作回顾性研究。结果 本组间质结节18例（9％）、腺肌性结节59例（28％）、纤维腺瘤性结节12例（6％）、腺性结节39例（19％）、混合结节82例（39％）。5组间总PSA（tPSA）、游离PSA（fPSA）差异均有统计学意义（P〈0．05），而％fPSA差异无统计学意义（P〉0．05）。若按腺体增生为主和间质增生为主两类比较，tPSA和fPSA差异有统计学意义（P〈0．05），％fPSA差异无统计学意义（P〉0．05）。多元线性回归分析发现，tPSA是5种病理结节类型最相关的指标，通过ROC曲线（受试者工作曲线）确定敏感指标的界值tPSA≥2．5ng／ml，敏感性为96％，特异性为20％，ROC曲线下面积为0．61，如果组合fPSA≥0．5ng／ml和tPSA≥2．5ng／ml，敏感性为100％，特异性为67％，ROC曲线下面积为0．91（P〈0．001）。结论 组合tPSA与fPSA可提示前列腺结节增生病理类型，对临床药物选择具有指导意义。     

血清PSA、游离PSA与良性前列腺增生临床的相关性研究

目的分析血清前列腺特异性抗原(PSA)及游离前列腺特异性抗原(fPSA)与良性前列腺增生(BPH)临床的相关性。方法应用化学发光微粒子免疫分析法(CMIA)对BPH患者血清PSA、fPSA进行检测。结果入选的40例患者病理均为BPH。PSA>4ng/ml者,术后随访1～3个月,平均2.5个月,PSA值均降至0.02ng/ml以下,可除外前列腺癌(PCa)病例。PSA<4ng/ml者16例(40%),4～10ng/ml者14例(35%),>10ng/ml者10例(25%);fPSA>0.934ng/ml者22例(55%)。血清PSA、fPSA水平与前列腺总体积(PV)、前列腺移行区体积(TZV)、年龄及国际前列腺症状评分(IPSS)呈正相关。结论本组血清fPSA与PV、TZV、年龄、IPSS评分有更强相关性。BPH患者血清PSA、fPSA水平升高的相关因素与前列腺总体积及移行区增大、高龄及高IPSS评分有关。     

fPSA/tPSA比值在前列腺癌和前列腺增生鉴别中的意义

目的 探讨fPSA/tPSA比值在前列腺癌和前列腺增生鉴别中的意义。方法 回顾分析了2000年9月-2001年8月期间在我院住院治疗的72例前列腺癌和前列腺增生患者的tPSA和fPSA/tPSA比值。结果 72例患者中,前列腺增生48例,前列腺癌24例。tPSA为4.0～10.0ng/ml之间时,前列腺癌患者3例,其fPSA/tPSA平均值为0.12,而前列腺增生患者有16例,其fPSA/tPSA平均值为0.21,两者差异明显。tPSA为4.0～10.0ng/ml,fPSA/tPSA比值为0.20,诊断前列腺癌的特异性为61％,而敏感性为100％。结论 当tP-SA为4.0～10.0ng/ml时,fPSA/tPSA比值作为一种参考标准可以用于临床筛选潜在的前列腺癌患者。     

单中心前列腺穿刺活检结果查询表的建立

目的：综合利用PSA及其相关参数建立能够简便查询的前列腺穿刺阳性率查询表.方法纳入2009年7月至2015年3月在解放军总医院行前列腺穿刺活检的患者,收集前列腺体积、游离PSA(free PSA,fPSA)和总PSA(total PSA,tPSA)等临床资料.多因素Logistic回归分析预测前列腺癌的独立性影响因素,并利用相关因素建立前列腺穿刺阳性结果查询表.结果资料完整且病理结果为前列腺癌和前列腺增生的患者纳入研究,共1077例.根据PSA水平分为0~2.5、2.6~4.0、4.1~10.0、10.1~20.0和＞20.0 ng/ml 5组,前列腺癌检出率分别为20.9％、20.0％、37.3％、48.1％和80.2％,随着PSA水平的升高,前列腺癌检出率也明显升高.多因素Logistic回归分析发现tPSA、fPSA和前列腺体积均为前列腺癌的独立性预测因素,tPSA、fPSA百分比(free to total PSA,f/tPSA)和PSA密度(PSA density,PSAD)在前列腺癌和前列腺增生两组间存在显著差异(P＜0.05),综合利用上述3个指标建立前列腺阳性穿刺查询表.结论本研究根据 tPSA、f/tPSA和PSAD建立的查询表为临床前列腺穿刺活检提供了一个简便实用的阳性率查询工具.     

总前列腺特异抗原、游离前列腺特异抗原、碱性磷酸酶和Gleason评分联合检测对前列腺癌骨转移的预测价值

探讨总前列腺特异抗原（tPSA）、游离前列腺特异抗原（fPSA）、碱性磷酸酶（ALP）和Gleason评分与前列腺癌骨转移的关系,评价联合检测对前列腺癌骨转移的预测价值。 方法 回顾性分析2015年1月1日至2018年11月1日在本院临床诊断为良性前列腺增生或前列腺癌的患者（tPSA>10 ng/mL）以及健康体检人群的临床资料,其中前列腺癌患者又经核素骨显像分为骨转移组和非骨转移组;共收集304例完整病例进行分析,其中前列腺癌骨转移组48例(15.8%）,前列腺癌未发生骨转移组116例（38.2%）,良性前列腺增生组56例（18.4%）,健康对照组84例（27.6%）。检测分析所有患者的tPSA 、fPSA、ALP值及Gleason评分。结果 任意两组之间的tPSA、fPSA比较,差异均有统计学意义（P<0.05）;前列腺癌骨转移组的ALP均高于其他三组,差异均有统计学意义（P<0.05）;前列腺癌骨转移组的Gleason评分高于非骨转移组,差异有统计学意义（P<0.05）,对不同分化程度的前列腺癌患者骨转移率进行比较,发现低风险组的骨转移率明显低于中高风险组（P<0.05）。单指标tPSA、fPSA和ALP预测前列腺癌骨转移时,绘制ROC曲线下面积分别为0.664、0.700和0.783,其cut off值分别为57.47 ng/mL、8.44 ng/mL、85.47 U/L;三项指标联合检测时发现tPSA+fPSA+ALP的特异度和阳性预测值分别达86.20%和64.40%,高于单指标和两项指标联合检测。结论 对于怀疑有骨转移的前列腺癌患者,不宜单独用血清前列腺特异性抗原（PSA）浓度来判断骨转移,应联合tPSA、fPSA、ALP三者及Gleason评分对前列腺癌患者发生骨转移风险的预测。     

Ⅳ型前列腺炎炎症分级和范围与前列腺特异性抗原之间的关系

目的:探讨Ⅳ型前列腺炎炎症组织病理学分级和范围与前列腺特异性抗原(PSA)的关系。方法:对120例临床可疑前列腺癌患者采用B超引导下经会阴前列腺穿刺病理活检,排除前列腺癌及不合并炎症的前列腺增生病例,仅BPH合并前列腺炎病例入选,采用NIH-Ⅳ型前列腺炎组织病理学分类方法对每例患者标本按炎症位置、范围和分级3方面分3级比较,评价炎症与血清PSA的关系。结果:120例患者中BPH合并前列腺炎症46例。①组织病理学炎症范围分级,1级35例,2级7例,3级4例,tPSA分别为(8.46±4.09)μg/L、(15.26±5.26)μg/L和(21.05±7.58)μg/L,fPSA分别为(1.75±0.93)μg/L、(2.54±0.72)μg/L和(3.19±1.13)μg/L,PSAD分别为0.15±0.11、0.26±0.07和0.42±0.19。三级之间比较tPSA(P=0.001)、fPSA(P=0.008)和PSAD(P<0.001)差异均具有显著性。②组织病理学炎症分级,1级32例,2级10例,3级4例。tPSA分别为(8.37±4.07)μg/L、(13.30±5.69)μg/L和(21.05±7.58)μg/L。fPSA分别为(1.76±0.93)μg/L、(3.27±2.21)μg/L和(3.19±1.13)μg/L。PSAD分别为0.14±0.11、0.25±0.06和0.42±0.19。三级之间比较tPSA(P=0.002)、fPSA(P=0.024)和PSAD(P<0.001)差异均有显著性。③组织病理学炎症位置分级,1级19例,2级17例,3级10例,三级之间tPSA、fPSA、%fPSA差异均无显著性(P>0.05)。④组织病理学炎症范围与tPSA(r=0.6,P<0.001)、fPSA(r=0.5,P=0.001)和PSAD(r=0.6,P<0.001)呈显著正相关关系。组织病理学炎症分级与tPSA(r=0.5,P<0.001)、fPSA(r=0.4,P=0.008)和PSAD(r=0.7,P<0.001)呈显著正相关关系,与%fPSA呈显著负相关关系(r=-0.4,P=0.013)。结论:无症状前列腺炎症患者组织病理学炎症的分级和范围与血PSA显著相关,病理医生应对前列腺穿刺标本进行炎症描述,其对高分级前列腺炎症患者可避免反复活检。     

Comparative evaluation of various prostate specific antigen ratios for the early detection of prostate cancer

OBJECTIVE: To compare the performance of various ratios using total prostate specific antigen (PSA), complexed PSA (cPSA) and free PSA (fPSA) in the early detection of prostate cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study included 535 consecutive patients evaluated at a prostate cancer detection clinic between January 1998 and October 1999. Patients had blood samples drawn before transrectal ultrasonography and prostate biopsy to measure PSA, cPSA and fPSA. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves (sensitivity vs 1 - specificity) were used to evaluate the performance of PSA, cPSA, f/tPSA, cPSA/tPSA, fPSA/cPSA, tPSA/prostate volume (PV), fPSA/PV, and cPSA/PV. The areas under the curve (AUC) were calculated for each ratio. The performance of each ratio over all patients or in those with a tPSA of 4-6 or 4-10 ng/mL were evaluated. RESULTS: Of the 535 patients, 204 (38%) had biopsy-confirmed prostate cancer. The AUC obtained with tPSA alone was 0.64; when measured for all patients the cPSA/PV (0.78), PSA/PV (0.77), f/tPSA (0.76) and fPSA/cPSA (0.75) performed better than tPSA alone. Furthermore, in patients with a tPSA of 4-10 ng/mL, tPSA/PV (0.72), cPSA/PV (0.71), f/tPSA (0.69), fPSA/cPSA (0.69) and cPSA/tPSA (0.62) performed better than tPSA alone (0.52). Finally, in patients with a tPSA of 4-6 ng/mL, PSA/PV and cPSA/PV performed better than the other ratios. CONCLUSIONS: The use of PSA ratios gives a higher sensitivity and specificity for detecting prostate cancer than the use of tPSA alone.     

Preoperative prostate-specific antigen isoform p2PSA≤22.5 pg/ml predicts advanced prostate cancer in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy

BackgroundThe prediction value of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) isoform [?2]proPSA (p2PSA) for detecting advanced prostate cancer (PCa) remains unclear. Our objective was to evaluate the additional clinical utility of p2PSA compared with total PSA (tPSA), free PSA (fPSA), and preoperative Gleason score (Gls) in predicting locally advanced PCa (pT3/T4) with high-accuracy discrimination. The aim was to develop a novel classification based on p2PSA and preoperative Gls for predicting advanced PCa.Materials and methodsIn 208 consecutive men diagnosed with clinically localized PCa who underwent radical prostatectomy, we determined the predictive and discriminatory accuracy of serum tPSA, fPSA, percentage of fPSA to tPSA, p2PSA, p2PSA density, percentage of p2PSA to fPSA, and the Prostate Health Index. The cutoff level of p2PSA with best accuracy was estimated. The novel classification was developed by analyzing the interaction between p2PSA and Gls in predicting pathologic outcomes using a chi-square automatic interaction detection analysis. Decision curve analysis was applied to test the clinical consequences of using the novel classification.ResultsOn univariate analyses, p2PSA, p2PSA density, percentage of p2PSA to fPSA, and Prostate Health Index were accurate but were not independent predictors by multivariate analysis. The p2PSA cutoff level of 22.5 pg/ml showed the best accuracy level for predicting and discriminating advanced diseases (area under the curve [AUC] = 0.725, sensitivity = 51.4%, specificity = 81.8%). By chi-square automatic interaction detection, univariate and multivariate analysis, a p2PSA level>22.5 pg/ml was significantly associated with an increased frequency and risk of advanced disease. In patients with a p2PSA level≤22.5 pg/ml, 91.8% of Gleason sum 6 PCa was organ confined. The combination of p2PSA and Gls enhanced slightly but significantly the predictive and discriminatory accuracy for advanced disease (0.6%–3.6%).ConclusionsThe p2PSA cutoff level of 22.5 pg/ml can accurately discriminate between organ-confined and advanced PCa. The additional use of p2PSA enhanced slightly the predictive accuracy for advanced PCa (pT3/pT4) and has limited additional predictive value in identifying aggressive PCa (Gls>7a).     

Effect of NIH-IV prostatitis on free and free-to-total PSA

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of asymptomatic prostatic inflammation (NIH category IV prostatitis) on total PSA (tPSA), free serum PSA (fPSA) and the ratio of free-to-total prostate specific antigen (%fPSA). The role of free and %fPSA as a diagnostic tool for distinguishing between cancer and non-malignant diseases of the prostate was also investigated. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In a retrospective study 1090 prostate biopsies performed between January 2000 and September 2003 were evaluated and the levels of serum total and free PSA as well as the f/tPSA ratio were determined in samples obtained immediately before biopsy. 404 patients with full clinical and histological records were included in the study. All patients underwent 6 or 8 core primary prostate needle biopsies. RESULTS: A total of 404 patients were included in the analysis. 100 prostate cancer (PCa) (24.8%), 137 NIH-IV prostatitis (33.9%) and 143 patients with benign prostatic hyperplasias (BPH) (35.4%) were identified. 24 (5.9%) patients presented with both PCa and prostatitis on histology and were excluded from further analysis. The mean (median) levels of tPSA, fPSA and %fPSA were 11.94 ng/ml (8.0), 1.31 ng/ml (1.07) and 0.15 (0.14) for NIH-IV prostatitis; 11.94 ng/ml (8.35), 1.54 ng/ml and 0.13 (0.11) for prostate cancer; and 8.19 ng/ml (7.0), 1.48 ng/ml (1.03) and 0.18 (0.15) for BPH. No significant difference was found in tPSA levels between PCa and prostatitis (p = 0.32), while the difference in tPSA levels between PCa and BPH was significant (p = 0.007). Free PSA alone had no diagnostic power in distinguishing PCa from prostatitis (p = 0. 37) and BPH (p = 0. 61). By contrast, the f/tPSA ratio showed significant between-group differences (PCa versus prostatitis (p = 0. 011), PCa versus BPH (p = 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: Chronic asymptomatic prostatitis NIH category IV has similar effects on total PSA and free PSA levels in serum as PCa. fPSA alone cannot distinguish prostate cancer from non-malignant inflammatory disease of the prostate. The ratio of free-to-total PSA is significantly different in PCa and NIH category IV prostatitis.     

前列腺穿刺活检结果预测模型的建立

目的基于前列腺特异性抗原(PSA)等指标,建立能够预测前列腺穿刺活检结果的数学模型.方法收集2009年7月至2015年3月在解放军总医院进行前列腺穿刺活检患者的年龄、前列腺体积、游离PSA(fPSA)和总PSA(tPSA)等临床资料.所有研究对象中随机选择80％为建模组,其余20％为验证组.在建模组中利用单因素和多因素 Logistic 分析筛选出预测前列腺癌的独立性影响因素,构建回归方程,并以此为基础建立预测前列腺穿刺结果的数学模型.利用受试者工作特征(receiver operating characteristic,ROC)曲线评估该模型对前列腺癌的诊断价值,并与临床常用的 PSA 及其相关参数比较诊断价值的差异.结果选取资料完整且 tPSA 100 ng/ml以下的患者纳入研究,共958例.其中建模组767例(tPSA 4~20 ng/ml者587例),验证组191例.在建模组中,将所有指标纳入单因素和多因素 Logistic 回归分析,发现年龄、tPSA 和前列腺体积是前列腺癌独立的预测因素.将所有指标(包括 fPSA)纳入回归方程,构建数学模型Y＝－4．765＋0.074×(年龄)＋0．057×(tPSA)＋0．052×(fPSA)－0．029×(前列腺体积).在建模组和验证组中, ROC曲线分析显示该模型预测前列腺癌的 ROC 曲线下面积高于 tPSA、f/tPSA 和 PSA 密度.取Y＝－0．076,即约登指数最大值作为本模型最佳临界值,预测前列腺癌的灵敏度为76．2％、特异度为76．6％、阳性预测值76．5％、阴性预测值76．3％.结论本预测模型与单独应用PSA及其相关参数相比具有更高的诊断价值,并且可以在不增加患者检查项目的前提下提高预测前列腺癌的能力.     

Use of various combinations of free, complexed and total prostate-specific antigen levels as predictors of the pathologic stage of prostate cancer

BACKGROUND: The efficacy of various combinations of total, free and complexed prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels were assessed to predict the pathologic stage of prostate cancer. METHODS: Total PSA (tPSA), free PSA (fPSA) and complexed PSA (cPSA) levels were measured preoperatively in 52 patients with clinical localized prostate cancer who had undergone radical prostatectomy. Pathologic stages were classified as: organ-confined (n = 27); capsular penetration (n = 14); seminal vesicle involvement (n = 8); involvement of the surgical margins (n = 10); and lymph node involvement (n = 3). RESULTS: The fPSA/tPSA and fPSA/cPSA ratios significantly differed between patients with organ-confined disease and non-organ-confined disease (P = 0.035, P = 0.033, respectively) and between those with favorable versus unfavorable pathology (P = 0.001, P = 0.014, respectively), but tPSA, cPSA, fPSA and the cPSA/tPSA ratio did not. Using a fPSA/tPSA cutoff level of 11%, the prediction of organ-confined disease would increase from 52 to 67% and the rate of predicting favorable pathology would increase from 42 to 62%. A fPSA/cPSA cutoff level of 12% would increase the rate of predicting organ-confined disease to 79% and the rate of predicting favorable pathology would increase to 69%. The positive predictive value of the fPSA/cPSA ratio was higher than that of the fPSA/tPSA ratio, although the receiver operating characteristic curve of the fPSA/cPSA ratio was not different from that of the fPSA/tPSA ratio. CONCLUSION: Although there was no predictive difference found between fPSA/tPSA and fPSA/cPSA ratio, both ratios may help predict the pathologic stage of prostate cancer.     

Predictors of prostate cancer on repeat prostatic biopsy in men with serum total prostate-specific antigen between 4.1 and 10 ng/mL

OBJECTIVES: We determine whether the different molecular forms of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and other PSA variables can predict prostate cancer in men undergoing repeat prostate needle biopsy. METHODS: Between 1997 and 2001, repeat biopsy was performed in 97 patients who had undergone prior negative prostate biopsy. The ability of total PSA (tPSA), complexed PSA (cPSA), free PSA (fPSA), free-to-total PSA (fPSA/tPSA), free-to-complexed PSA (fPSA/cPSA), complexed-to-total PSA (cPSA/tPSA), tPSA density (tPSAD), cPSA density (cPSAD), transition zone tPSA density (tPSATZ) and transition zone cPSA density (cPSATZ) was assessed by univariate and multivariate analyzes as well as receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curves. RESULTS: Prostate cancer on repeat biopsy was detected in 24% of subjects (23 of 97) who had a negative initial biopsy. The PSA parameters cut-off to ensure a 96% sensitivity of cancer detection, were 29% using fPSA/tPSA, 32% using fPSA/cPSA, 0.18 ng/mL/cc using tPSATZ and 0.16 ng/mL/cc using cPSATZ. The fPSA/tPSA would have prevented 32% of negative biopsies, the fPSA/cPSA 28%, the tPSATZ 23% and the cPSATZ 30%. ROC curve analysis fPSA/tPSA, fPSA/cPSA ratios, tPSATZ and cPSATZ were significantly better predictors of repeat biopsy results than tPSA or cPSA, but there was no significant difference in the ROC curves among these four PSA parameters. In the multivariate logistic regression analysis these four PSA parameters were significant predictors for cancer detection in the repeat biopsy group (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: fPSA/tPSA ratio, fPSA/cPSA ratio, tPSATZ and cPSATZ enhance the specificity of PSA testing compared to tPSA or cPSA when determining which patients should undergo repeat biopsy.     

Comparisons of the various combinations of free, complexed, and total prostate-specific antigen for the detection of prostate cancer

OBJECTIVES: We compared the ability of three prostate-specific antigen (PSA) ratios - free-to- total PSA ratio (fPSA/tPSA), free-to-complexed PSA ratio (fPSA/cPSA), and complexed-to-total PSA ratio (cPSA/tPSA) - to distinguish prostate cancer from benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). METHODS: We tested 258 consecutive patients who underwent transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate needle biopsy because of an abnormal digital rectal examination or a Tandem-R PSA of >4.1 ng/ml. Free PSA (fPSA) and total PSA (tPSA) were measured by Tandem-R assay. alpha(1)-Antichymotrypsin-complexed PSA (cPSA) was measured by Markit-M PSA-ACT assay. RESULTS: Of the 258 patients, 204 had BPH, and 54 had prostate cancer. The specificity at 96% sensitivity for fPSA/tPSA, fPSA/cPSA, and cPSA/tPSA was 23, 25, and 33%, respectively. Of 162 patients with tPSA between 4.1 and 10.0 ng/ml, 132 had BPH and 30 had prostate cancer. The specificity at 96% sensitivity for f/tPSA, f/cPSA and c/tPSA was 32, 44, and 41%, respectively. There was no significant difference in the area under the receiver-operating characteristic curves among fPSA/tPSA, fPSA/cPSA, and cPSA/tPSA in the overall PSA range or in tPSA between 4.1 and 10.0 ng/ml. CONCLUSION: fPSA/tPSA, fPSA/cPSA, and cPSA/tPSA did not differ in their ability to distinguish prostate cancer from BPH.