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BACKGROUNDDespite low specificity, serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is widely used in screening for prostate cancer. Specificity can be improved by measuring free and total PSA and by combining these results with clinical findings. Methods such as neural networks and logistic regression are alternatives to multistep algorithms for clinical use of the combined findings.METHODSWe compared multilayer perceptron (MLP) and logistic regression (LR) analysis for predicting prostate cancer in a screening population of 974 men, ages 55-66 years. The study sample comprised men with PSA values >3 microg/L. Explanatory variables considered were age, free and total PSA and their ratio, digital rectal examination (DRE), transrectal ultrasonography, and a family history of prostate cancer.RESULTSWhen at least 90% sensitivity in the training sets was required, the mean sensitivity and specificity obtained were 87% and 41% with LR and 85% and 26% with MLP, respectively. The cancer specificity of an LR model comprising the proportion of free to total PSA, DRE, and heredity as explanatory variables was significantly better than that of total PSA and the proportion of free to total PSA (P <0.01, McNemar test). The proportion of free to total PSA, DRE, and heredity were used to prepare cancer probability curves.CONCLUSIONThe probability calculated by logistic regression provides better diagnostic accuracy for prostate cancer than the presently used multistep algorithms for estimation of the need to perform biopsy.

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Estimation of Prostate Cancer Probability by Logistic Regression: Free and Total Prostate-specific Antigen, Digital Rectal Examination, and Heredity Are Significant Variables