Evaluation of prediagnostic prostate‐specific antigen dynamics as predictors of death from prostate cancer in patients treated conservatively
Author(s) -
O'Brien M. Frank,
Cronin Angel M.,
Fearn Paul A.,
Savage Caroline J.,
Smith Brandon,
Stasi Jason,
Scardino Peter T.,
Fisher Gabrielle,
Cuzick Jack,
Møller Henrik,
Oliver R. Timothy,
Berney Daniel M.,
Foster Christopher S.,
Eastham James A.,
Vickers Andrew J.,
Lilja Hans
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/ijc.25570
Subject(s) - medicine , prostate cancer , proportional hazards model , prostate specific antigen , prostate , oncology , cohort , doubling time , confidence interval , conservative management , cancer , predictive value , prostatectomy , gynecology , urology , surgery , cell , genetics , biology
Abstract Prostate‐specific antigen (PSA) dynamics have been proposed to predict outcome in men with prostate cancer. We assessed the value of PSA velocity (PSAV) and PSA doubling time (PSADT) for predicting prostate cancer‐specific mortality (PCSM) in men with clinically localized prostate cancer undergoing conservative management or early hormonal therapy. From 1990 to 1996, 2,333 patients were identified, of whom 594 had two or more PSA values before diagnosis. We examined 12 definitions for PSADT and 10 for PSAV. Because each definition required PSA measurements at particular intervals, the number of patients eligible for each definition varied from 40 to 594 and number of events from 10 to 119. Four PSAV definitions, but no PSADT, were significantly associated with PCSM after adjustment for PSA in multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression. All four could be calculated only for a proportion of events, and the enhancements in predictive accuracy associated with PSAV had very wide confidence intervals. There was no clear benefit of PSAV in men with low PSA and Gleason grade 6 or less. Although evidence that certain PSAV definitions help to predict PCSM in the cohort exist, the value of incorporating PSAV in predictive models to assist in determining eligibility for conservative management is, at best, uncertain.