TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of the prostate health index for detection of prostate cancer
T2 - Results from a large academic practice
AU - Tosoian, J. J.
AU - Druskin, S. C.
AU - Andreas, D.
AU - Mullane, P.
AU - Chappidi, M.
AU - Joo, S.
AU - Ghabili, K.
AU - Agostino, J.
AU - Macura, K. J.
AU - Carter, H. B.
AU - Schaeffer, E. M.
AU - Partin, A. W.
AU - Sokoll, L. J.
AU - Ross, A. E.
N1 - Funding Information:
AER is supported by a DOD PRTA award (W81XWH-13-1-0445) as well as a PCF Young Investigator Award and Patrick C. Walsh Investigator Grant. EMS is supported by NIH U01CA196390-01.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: The Prostate Health Index (phi) outperforms PSA and other PSA derivatives for the diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa). The impact of phi testing in the real-world clinical setting has not been previously assessed. METHODS: In a single, large, academic center, phi was tested in 345 patients presenting for diagnostic evaluation for PCa. Findings on prostate biopsy (including Grade Group (GG), defined as GG1: Gleason score (GS) 6, GG2: GS 3+4 = 7, GG3: GS 4+3 = 7, GG4: GS 8 and GG5: GS 9-10), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and radical prostatectomy (RP) were prospectively recorded. Biopsy rates and outcomes were compared with a contemporary cohort that did not undergo phi testing (n = 1318). RESULTS: Overall, 39% of men with phi testing underwent prostate biopsy. No men with phio19.6 were diagnosed with PCa, and only three men with phio27 had cancer of GG> 2. Phi was superior to PSA for the prediction of any PCa (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) 0.72 vs 0.47) and GG >2 PCa (AUC 0.77 vs 0.53) on prostate biopsy. Among men undergoing MRI and phi, no men with phio27 and PI-RADS< 3 had GG >2 cancer. For those men proceeding to RP, increasing phi was associated with higher pathologic GG (P = 0.002) and stage (P = 0.001). Compared with patients who did not undergo phi testing, the use of phi was associated with a 9% reduction in the rate of prostate biopsy (39% vs 48%; Po0.001). Importantly, the reduction in biopsy among the phi population was secondary to decreased incidence of negative (8%) and GG1 (1%) biopsies, whereas the proportion of biopsies detecting GG> 2 cancers remained unchanged. CONCLUSIONS: In this large, real-Time clinical experience, phi outperformed PSA alone, was associated with high-grade PCa, and provided complementary information to MRI. Incorporation of phi into clinical practice reduced the rate of unnecessary biopsies without changing the frequency of detection of higher-grade cancers.
AB - BACKGROUND: The Prostate Health Index (phi) outperforms PSA and other PSA derivatives for the diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa). The impact of phi testing in the real-world clinical setting has not been previously assessed. METHODS: In a single, large, academic center, phi was tested in 345 patients presenting for diagnostic evaluation for PCa. Findings on prostate biopsy (including Grade Group (GG), defined as GG1: Gleason score (GS) 6, GG2: GS 3+4 = 7, GG3: GS 4+3 = 7, GG4: GS 8 and GG5: GS 9-10), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and radical prostatectomy (RP) were prospectively recorded. Biopsy rates and outcomes were compared with a contemporary cohort that did not undergo phi testing (n = 1318). RESULTS: Overall, 39% of men with phi testing underwent prostate biopsy. No men with phio19.6 were diagnosed with PCa, and only three men with phio27 had cancer of GG> 2. Phi was superior to PSA for the prediction of any PCa (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) 0.72 vs 0.47) and GG >2 PCa (AUC 0.77 vs 0.53) on prostate biopsy. Among men undergoing MRI and phi, no men with phio27 and PI-RADS< 3 had GG >2 cancer. For those men proceeding to RP, increasing phi was associated with higher pathologic GG (P = 0.002) and stage (P = 0.001). Compared with patients who did not undergo phi testing, the use of phi was associated with a 9% reduction in the rate of prostate biopsy (39% vs 48%; Po0.001). Importantly, the reduction in biopsy among the phi population was secondary to decreased incidence of negative (8%) and GG1 (1%) biopsies, whereas the proportion of biopsies detecting GG> 2 cancers remained unchanged. CONCLUSIONS: In this large, real-Time clinical experience, phi outperformed PSA alone, was associated with high-grade PCa, and provided complementary information to MRI. Incorporation of phi into clinical practice reduced the rate of unnecessary biopsies without changing the frequency of detection of higher-grade cancers.
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U2 - 10.1038/pcan.2016.72
DO - 10.1038/pcan.2016.72
M3 - Article
C2 - 28117387
AN - SCOPUS:85010843630
SN - 1365-7852
VL - 20
SP - 228
EP - 233
JO - Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases
JF - Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases
IS - 2
ER -