ProstatePub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-03-18DOI: 10.1002/pros.24692
Hendrik Heers, Oliver Chwilka, Johannes Huber, Claus Vogelmeier, Andreas Rembert Koczulla, Jörg Ingo Baumbach, Tobias Boeselt
{"title":"VOC-based detection of prostate cancer using an electronic nose and ion mobility spectrometry: A novel urine-based approach.","authors":"Hendrik Heers, Oliver Chwilka, Johannes Huber, Claus Vogelmeier, Andreas Rembert Koczulla, Jörg Ingo Baumbach, Tobias Boeselt","doi":"10.1002/pros.24692","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pros.24692","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Many diseases leave behind specific metabolites which can be detected from breath and urine as volatile organic compounds (VOC). Our group previously described VOC-based methods for the detection of bladder cancer and urinary tract infections. This study investigated whether prostate cancer can be diagnosed from VOCs in urine headspace.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>For this pilot study, mid-stream urine samples were collected from 56 patients with histologically confirmed prostate cancer. A control group was formed with 53 healthy male volunteers matched for age who had recently undergone a negative screening by prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and digital rectal exam. Headspace measurements were performed with the electronic nose Cyranose 320<sup>TM</sup>. Statistical comparison was performed using principal component analysis, calculating Mahalanobis distance, and linear discriminant analysis. Further measurements were carried out with ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) to compare detection accuracy and to identify potential individual analytes. Bonferroni correction was applied for multiple testing.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The electronic nose yielded a sensitivity of 77% and specificity of 62%. Mahalanobis distance was 0.964, which is indicative of limited group separation. IMS identified a total of 38 individual analytical peaks, two of which showed significant differences between groups (p < 0.05). To discriminate between tumor and controls, a decision tree with nine steps was generated. This model led to a sensitivity of 98% and specificity of 100%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>VOC-based detection of prostate cancer seems feasible in principle. While the first results with an electronic nose show some limitations, the approach can compete with other urine-based marker systems. However, it seems less reliable than PSA testing. IMS is more accurate than the electronic nose with promising sensitivity and specificity, which warrants further research. The individual relevant metabolites identified by IMS should further be characterized using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to facilitate potential targeted rapid testing.</p>","PeriodicalId":54544,"journal":{"name":"Prostate","volume":" ","pages":"756-762"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140144644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ProstatePub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-03-20DOI: 10.1002/pros.24694
Thomas Büttner, Florian Gärtner, Markus Essler, Richard Weiten, Glen Kristiansen, Jörg Ellinger, Manuel Ritter, Philipp Krausewitz
{"title":"Key learnings from concordant systematic biopsies in prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography/computed tomography-guided prostate biopsies: Enhancing targeting accuracy.","authors":"Thomas Büttner, Florian Gärtner, Markus Essler, Richard Weiten, Glen Kristiansen, Jörg Ellinger, Manuel Ritter, Philipp Krausewitz","doi":"10.1002/pros.24694","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pros.24694","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis and staging have evolved with the advent of 68Ga-Prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PSMA-PET/CT). This study investigates the role of complementary systematic biopsies (SB) during PSMA-PET/CT-guided targeted prostate biopsies (PET-TB) for PCa detection, grading, and distribution. We address the uncertainty surrounding the necessity of SB in conjunction with PET-TB.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analyzed PCa grading and distribution in 30 men who underwent PET-TB and SB because of contraindication to magnetic resonance imaging or high clinical suspicion of PCa. Tumor distribution was assessed in relation to the PET-highlighted lesions. Standardized reporting schemes, encompassing SUV<sub>max</sub>, PRIMARY score, and miTNM classification, were evaluated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>80% of patients were diagnosed with PCa, with 70% classified as clinically significant (csPCa). SB detected more csPCa cases than PET-TB, but the differences were not statistically significant. Discordant results were observed in 25% of cases, where SB outperformed PET-TB. Spatial analysis revealed that tumor-bearing cores from SB were often located in close proximity to the PET-highlighted region. Reporting schemes showed potential for csPCa detection with significantly increased SUV<sub>max</sub> in csPCA patients. Subsequent follow-up data underscored the importance of SB in precise PCa grading and staging.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>While PET-TB can simplify prostate biopsy and reduce invasiveness by core number, SB cannot be omitted yet due to potential PET-TB targeting errors. Factors such as limited spatial resolution and fusion inaccuracies contribute to the need for SB. Standardization in reporting schemes currently cannot compensate for targeting errors highlighting the need for refinement.</p>","PeriodicalId":54544,"journal":{"name":"Prostate","volume":" ","pages":"772-779"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140177745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ProstatePub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1002/pros.24697
Chinade Roper, Austen Slade, Ronald Caras, Thomas Shelton, Marcelino Rivera
{"title":"Ejaculatory and erectile function outcomes following holmium laser enucleation of the prostate.","authors":"Chinade Roper, Austen Slade, Ronald Caras, Thomas Shelton, Marcelino Rivera","doi":"10.1002/pros.24697","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pros.24697","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) is a surgical treatment option for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Many men develop retrograde ejaculation postprocedure, but there is conflicting evidence regarding sexual function outcomes post-HoLEP. We sought to examine significant variations in patient-reported erectile and ejaculatory function within 12 months post-HoLEP.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We conducted a retrospective study for patients who underwent HoLEP between Nov 2018 and Feb 2022. Of the reviewed patients, 277 patients met inclusion criteria and completed pre and postoperative questionnaires, which included the Male Sexual Health Questionnaire- Ejaculatory Dysfunction (MSHQ-EJD) and the International Index of Erectile Function/Sexual Health Inventory for Men (IIEF-5/SHIM). Surveys were provided to patients up to 12 months postprocedure. Demographics and comorbidities associated with sexual dysfunction were collected. Responses to each question were analyzed to detect sub-categorical variations in sexual function as the secondary objective. Data was analyzed by using a linear mixed model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was a significant decline in total scores for the MSHQ-EJD (8.70 pre-HoLEP vs. 6.58 post HoLEP, p ≤ 0.001) including a significant decline (p < 0.005) in questions 1-3 which assess ejaculatory ability, strength, and volume. There was not a significant decline in question 4 which assesses bother (2.552 pre-HoLEP vs. 3.119 post-HoLEP, p = 0.526). There was not a significant decline in the IIEF-5/SHIM postoperatively (11.51 pre-HoLEP vs. 13.327 post-HoLEP, p = 0.498).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Patients undergoing HoLEP do not experience a decline in erectile function. Patients do experience a decline in ejaculatory function but did not find this bothersome.</p>","PeriodicalId":54544,"journal":{"name":"Prostate","volume":" ","pages":"791-796"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140337708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ProstatePub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-03-25DOI: 10.1002/pros.24693
Cem Onal, Ozan Cem Guler, Gurcan Erbay, Aysenur Elmali
{"title":"The effect of dose-escalation radiotherapy with simultaneous-integrated-boost on the use of short-term androgen deprivation therapy in patients with intermediate risk prostate cancer.","authors":"Cem Onal, Ozan Cem Guler, Gurcan Erbay, Aysenur Elmali","doi":"10.1002/pros.24693","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pros.24693","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To compare the biochemical failure (FFBF) and prostate cancer specific survival (PCSS) rates of patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer (IR-PC) who were treated with 6 months of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with 78 Gy to the prostate, those treated with ADT and focal boost (FB) of 86 Gy to intraprostatic lesion (IPL) using the simultaneous-integrated boost (SIB) technique, and those treated with SIB alone.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A retrospective analysis of 320 IR-PC patients treated between January 2012 and April 2021 was performed. Patients were divided into three groups based on their treatment arm: 78 + ADT (109 patients, 34.1%), 78/86 (102 patients, 31.8%), and 78/86 + ADT. Univariable and multivariable analyses were used to determine prognostic factors for FFBF and PCSS.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Median follow-up was 8.8 years. The 8-year FFBF and PCSS rates were 88.6% and 99.0%. Patients who received ADT had significantly higher pretreatment PSA levels and clinical tumor stage. Disease progression occurred in 45 patients (7.3%) at a median of 41.9 months after definitive radiotherapy (RT). Younger age, positive core biopsy (PCB) ≥ 50%, and the absence of ADT were all independent predictors of poor FFBF in multivariate analysis, whereas patients with PCB < 50% who were also given ADT had better PCSS. Patients treated with 78/86 Gy alone had worse FFBF than those treated with 78 Gy and ADT (Hazard ratio [HR] = 3.39 [95% CI = 1.46-7.88]; p = 0.005), as well as than those treated with 78/86 Gy and ADT (HR = 3.21 [95% CI = 1.23-6.46]; p = 0.009). However, FB to IPL has no effect on PCSS in multivariable analysis. There was no significant difference between treatment groups in terms of acute and late Grade ≥2 genitourinary or gastrointestinal toxicity.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings demonstrated that patients who received 78/86 alone did worse than patients who received ADT with either 78 or 78/86 Gy. However, because IR-PC patients are so diverse, additional prospective trials are needed to validate our findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":54544,"journal":{"name":"Prostate","volume":" ","pages":"763-771"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140289620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ProstatePub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-03-25DOI: 10.1002/pros.24690
Yayi Dwina, Litta Septina Mahmelia Zaid, Meilania Saraswati, Lisnawati Rachmadi, Aria Kekalih, Nur Rahadiani, Melva Louisa, Hasrayati Agustina, Chaidir Arif Mochtar, Agus Rizal Ardy Hariandy Hamid
{"title":"CD44 and CD133 protein expression might serve as a prognostic factor for early occurrence castration-resistant prostate cancer.","authors":"Yayi Dwina, Litta Septina Mahmelia Zaid, Meilania Saraswati, Lisnawati Rachmadi, Aria Kekalih, Nur Rahadiani, Melva Louisa, Hasrayati Agustina, Chaidir Arif Mochtar, Agus Rizal Ardy Hariandy Hamid","doi":"10.1002/pros.24690","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pros.24690","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The occurrence of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) varies in patients with advanced prostate cancer (PCa) undergoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). The rate of occurrence of CRPC may be related to the presence of prostate cancer stem cells (CSC). Thus, this study aims to evaluate the presence of CSC markers (CD44 and CD133) in histopathology tissue at the time of diagnosis and their correlation with the occurrence of CRPC in patients with advanced PCa within 2 years of ADT.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A retrospective case-control study was conducted to evaluate the incidence of CRPC within 2 years. The inclusion criteria were patients with PCa who had received treatment with ADT and a first-generation anti-androgen (AA) for 2 years. We classified patients based on whether they developed CRPC within 2 years (CRPC) of the therapy or did not experience CRPC within 2 years (non-CRPC) of the therapy. We performed immunohistochemical (IHC) staining for CD44 and CD133 on the prostate biopsy tissue samples.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data were collected from records spanning 2011-2019. We analyzed a total of 65 samples, including 22 patients with CRPC and 43 patients with non-CRPC who had received treatment with LHRH agonists and AA for up to 2 years. Our findings showed a significant H-score difference in CD44 protein expression between CRPC prostate adenocarcinoma samples 869 (200-1329) and non-CRPC 524 (154-1166) (p = 0.033). There was no significant difference in CD133 protein expression between the two groups (p = 0.554). However, there was a significant difference in the nonoccurrence of CRPC between the high expressions of both CD44 and CD133 groups with other expressions of CD44/CD133 groups (25% vs. 75%; p = 0.011; odds ratio = 4.29; 95% confidence interval [1.34, 13.76]).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study found a low expression of at least one CD44/CD133 protein in the patients without early occurrence of CRPC. This result might suggest that CD44/CD133 may function as a potential prognostic marker for PCa, especially in a low expression, to identify patients who have a better prognosis regarding the occurrence of early CRPC.</p>","PeriodicalId":54544,"journal":{"name":"Prostate","volume":" ","pages":"738-746"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140289619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ProstatePub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1002/pros.24696
Georges Gebrael, Chadi Hage Chehade, Nicolas Sayegh, Nishita Tripathi, Beverly Chigarira, Divyam Goel, Blake Nordblad, Taylor R McFarland, Arshit Narang, Ayana Srivastava, Clara Tandar, Emre Dal, Yeonjung Jo, Gliceida Galarza Fortuna, Vinay Mathew Thomas, Kamal K Sahu, Haoran Li, Benjamin L Maughan, Umang Swami, Neeraj Agarwal
{"title":"Natural course of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer in the era of intensified androgen deprivation therapy in the hormone-sensitive setting.","authors":"Georges Gebrael, Chadi Hage Chehade, Nicolas Sayegh, Nishita Tripathi, Beverly Chigarira, Divyam Goel, Blake Nordblad, Taylor R McFarland, Arshit Narang, Ayana Srivastava, Clara Tandar, Emre Dal, Yeonjung Jo, Gliceida Galarza Fortuna, Vinay Mathew Thomas, Kamal K Sahu, Haoran Li, Benjamin L Maughan, Umang Swami, Neeraj Agarwal","doi":"10.1002/pros.24696","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pros.24696","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) intensification (ADTi) (i.e., ADT with androgen receptor pathway inhibitor or docetaxel, or both) has significantly improved survival outcomes of patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC). However, the impact of prior ADTi in the mHSPC setting on the disease presentation and survival outcomes in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) is not well characterized. In this study, our objective was to compare the disease characteristics and survival outcomes of patients with new mCRPC with respect to receipt of intensified or nonintensified ADT in the mHSPC setting.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this institutional review board-approved retrospective study, eligibility criteria were as follows: patients diagnosed with mCRPC, treated with an approved first-line mCRPC therapy, and who received either intensified or nonintensified ADT in the mHSPC setting. Progression-free survival (PFS) was defined from the start of first-line therapy for mCRPC to progression per Prostate Cancer Working Group 2 criteria or death, and overall survival (OS) was defined from the start of first-line therapy for mCRPC to death or censored at the last follow-up. A multivariable analysis using the Cox proportional hazards model was used, adjusting for potential confounders.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients (n = 387) treated between March 20, 2008, and August 18, 2022, were eligible and included: 283 received nonintensified ADT, whereas 104 were treated with ADTi. At mCRPC diagnosis, patients in the ADTi group were significantly younger, had more visceral metastasis, lower baseline prostate-specific antigen (all p < 0.01), and lower hemoglobin (p = 0.027). Furthermore, they had significantly shorter PFS (median 4.8 vs. 8.4 months, adjusted hazard ratio [HR]: 1.46, 95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 1.07-2, p = 0.017) and OS (median 21.3 vs. 33.1 months, adjusted HR: 1.53, 95% CI: 1.06-2.21, p = 0.022) compared to patients in the nonintensified ADT group.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients treated with ADTi in the mHSPC setting and experiencing disease progression to mCRPC had more aggressive disease features of mCRPC (characterized by a higher number of poor prognostic factors at mCRPC presentation). They also had shorter PFS on first-line mCRPC treatment and shorter OS after the onset of mCRPC compared to those not receiving ADTi in the mHSPC setting. Upon external validation, these findings may impact patient counseling, prognostication, treatment selection, and design of future clinical trials in the mCRPC setting. There remains an unmet need to develop novel life-prolonging therapies with new mechanisms of action to improve mCRPC prognosis in the current era.</p>","PeriodicalId":54544,"journal":{"name":"Prostate","volume":" ","pages":"888-892"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140337710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ProstatePub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-03-20DOI: 10.1002/pros.24689
Francesco Di Bello, Andrea Baudo, Mario de Angelis, Letizia Maria Ippolita Jannello, Carolin Siech, Zhe Tian, Jordan A Goyal, Claudia Collà Ruvolo, Gianluigi Califano, Roberto La Rocca, Simone Morra, Pietro Acquati, Fred Saad, Shahrokh F Shariat, Luca Carmignani, Ottavio de Cobelli, Alberto Briganti, Felix K H Chun, Nicola Longo, Pierre I Karakiewicz
{"title":"Other-cause mortality in incidental prostate cancer.","authors":"Francesco Di Bello, Andrea Baudo, Mario de Angelis, Letizia Maria Ippolita Jannello, Carolin Siech, Zhe Tian, Jordan A Goyal, Claudia Collà Ruvolo, Gianluigi Califano, Roberto La Rocca, Simone Morra, Pietro Acquati, Fred Saad, Shahrokh F Shariat, Luca Carmignani, Ottavio de Cobelli, Alberto Briganti, Felix K H Chun, Nicola Longo, Pierre I Karakiewicz","doi":"10.1002/pros.24689","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pros.24689","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In incidental prostate cancer (IPCa), elevated other-cause mortality (OCM) may obviate the need for active treatment. We tested OCM rates in IPCa according to treatment type and cancer grade and we hypothesized that OCM is significantly higher in not-actively-treated patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Within the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database (2004-2015), IPCa patients were identified. Smoothed cumulative incidence plots as well as multivariable competing risks regression models were fitted to address OCM after adjustment for cancer-specific mortality (CSM).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 5121 IPCa patients, 3655 (71%) were not-actively-treated while 1466 (29%) were actively-treated. Incidental PCa not-actively-treated patients were older and exhibited higher proportion of Gleason sum (GS) 6 and clinical T1a stage. In smoothed cumulative incidence plots, 5-year OCM was 20% for not-actively-treated versus 8% for actively-treated patients. Conversely, 5-year CSM was 5% for not-actively-treated versus 4% for actively-treated patients. No active treatment was associated with 1.4-fold higher OCM, even after adjustment for age, cancer characteristics, and CSM. According to GS, OCM reached 16%, 27%, and 35% in GS 6, 7, and 8-10 not-actively-treated IPCa patients, respectively and exceeded CSM recorded for the same three groups (2%, 6%, and 28%, respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our results quantified OCM rates, confirming that in not-actively-treated IPCa patients OCM is indeed significantly higher than in their actively-treated counterparts (HR: 1.4). These observations validate the use of no active treatment in IPCa patients, in whom OCM greatly surpasses CSM (20% vs. 5%).</p>","PeriodicalId":54544,"journal":{"name":"Prostate","volume":" ","pages":"731-737"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140177746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ProstatePub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1002/pros.24695
Qifei Dong, Changming Wang, Deyun Shen, Yifan Ma, Bin Zhang, Siqin Xu, Tao Tao, Jun Xiao
{"title":"Combination of prostate volume and apparent diffusion coefficient can stratify patients with a PI-RADS score of 3 to reduce unnecessary prostate biopsies.","authors":"Qifei Dong, Changming Wang, Deyun Shen, Yifan Ma, Bin Zhang, Siqin Xu, Tao Tao, Jun Xiao","doi":"10.1002/pros.24695","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pros.24695","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nowadays, there are many patients who undergo unnecessary prostate biopsies after receiving a prostate imaging reporting and data system (PI-RADS) score of 3. Our purpose is to identify cutoff values of the prostate volume (PV) and minimum apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC<sub>min</sub>) to stratify those patients to reduce unnecessary prostate biopsies.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from 224 qualified patients who received prostate biopsies from January 2019 to June 2023 were collected. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare non-normal distributed continuous variables, which were recorded as median (interquartile ranges). The correlation coefficients were calculated using Spearman's rank correlation analysis. Categorical variables are recorded by numbers (percentages) and compared by χ<sup>2</sup> test. Both univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to determine the independent predictors. The receiver-operating characteristic curve and the area under the curve (AUC) were used to evaluate the diagnostic performance of clinical variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of a total of 224 patients, 36 patients (16.07%) were diagnosed with clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa), whereas 72 patients (32.14%) were diagnosed with any grade prostate cancer. The result of multivariate analysis demonstrated that the PV (p < 0.001, odds ratio [OR]: 0.952, 95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 0.927-0.978) and ADC<sub>min</sub> (p < 0.01, OR: 0.993, 95% CI: 0.989-0.998) were the independent factors for predicting csPCa. The AUC values of the PV and ADC<sub>min</sub> were 0.779 (95% CI: 0.718-0.831) and 0.799 (95% CI: 0.740-0.849), respectively, for diagnosing csPCa. After stratifying patients by PV and ADC<sub>min</sub>, 24 patients (47.06%) with \"PV < 55 mL and ADC<sub>min</sub> < 685 μm<sup>2</sup>/s\" were diagnosed with csPCa. However, only one patient (1.25%) with PV ≥ 55 mL and ADC<sub>min</sub> ≥ 685 μm<sup>2</sup>/s were diagnosed with csPCa.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In this study, we found the combination of PV and ADC<sub>min</sub> can stratify patients with a PI-RADS score of 3 to reduce unnecessary prostate biopsies. These patients with \"PV ≥ 55 mL and ADC<sub>min</sub> ≥ 685 μm<sup>2</sup>/s\" may safely avoid prostate biopsies.</p>","PeriodicalId":54544,"journal":{"name":"Prostate","volume":" ","pages":"780-787"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140337707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ProstatePub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1002/pros.24699
YuNing Zhang, Yijie Dong, Zihan Mei, Yiqing Hou, Minyan Wei, Yat Hin Yeung, Jiale Xu, Qing Hua, LiMei Lai, Ning Li, ShuJun Xia, Chun Zhou, JianQiao Zhou
{"title":"Performance of large language models on benign prostatic hyperplasia frequently asked questions.","authors":"YuNing Zhang, Yijie Dong, Zihan Mei, Yiqing Hou, Minyan Wei, Yat Hin Yeung, Jiale Xu, Qing Hua, LiMei Lai, Ning Li, ShuJun Xia, Chun Zhou, JianQiao Zhou","doi":"10.1002/pros.24699","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pros.24699","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a common condition, yet it is challenging for the average BPH patient to find credible and accurate information about BPH. Our goal is to evaluate and compare the accuracy and reproducibility of large language models (LLMs), including ChatGPT-3.5, ChatGPT-4, and the New Bing Chat in responding to a BPH frequently asked questions (FAQs) questionnaire.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 45 questions related to BPH were categorized into basic and professional knowledge. Three LLM-ChatGPT-3.5, ChatGPT-4, and New Bing Chat-were utilized to generate responses to these questions. Responses were graded as comprehensive, correct but inadequate, mixed with incorrect/outdated data, or completely incorrect. Reproducibility was assessed by generating two responses for each question. All responses were reviewed and judged by experienced urologists.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All three LLMs exhibited high accuracy in generating responses to questions, with accuracy rates ranging from 86.7% to 100%. However, there was no statistically significant difference in response accuracy among the three (p > 0.017 for all comparisons). Additionally, the accuracy of the LLMs' responses to the basic knowledge questions was roughly equivalent to that of the specialized knowledge questions, showing a difference of less than 3.5% (GPT-3.5: 90% vs. 86.7%; GPT-4: 96.7% vs. 95.6%; New Bing: 96.7% vs. 93.3%). Furthermore, all three LLMs demonstrated high reproducibility, with rates ranging from 93.3% to 97.8%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>ChatGPT-3.5, ChatGPT-4, and New Bing Chat offer accurate and reproducible responses to BPH-related questions, establishing them as valuable resources for enhancing health literacy and supporting BPH patients in conjunction with healthcare professionals.</p>","PeriodicalId":54544,"journal":{"name":"Prostate","volume":" ","pages":"807-813"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140337711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ProstatePub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-03-13DOI: 10.1002/pros.24688
Sean A Fletcher, Mufaddal M Mamawala, Albert E Holler, Yasin Bhanji, Katarzyna J Macura, Claire M de la Calle, Christian P Pavlovich
{"title":"Cumulative cancer locations on prostate biopsy and active surveillance outcomes in the MRI era.","authors":"Sean A Fletcher, Mufaddal M Mamawala, Albert E Holler, Yasin Bhanji, Katarzyna J Macura, Claire M de la Calle, Christian P Pavlovich","doi":"10.1002/pros.24688","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pros.24688","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>To validate the use of a cumulative cancer locations (CCLO) score, a measurement of tumor volume on biopsy, and to develop a novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-informed CCLO (mCCLO) score to predict clinical outcomes on active surveillance (AS).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The CCLO score is a sum of uniquely involved sextants with prostate cancer on diagnostic + confirmatory biopsy. The mCCLO score incorporates MRI findings into the CCLO score. Participants included 1284 individuals enrolled on AS between 1994 and 2022, 343 of whom underwent prostate MRI. The primary outcome was grade reclassification (GR) to grade group ≥2 disease; the secondary outcome was receipt of definitive treatment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Increasing CCLO and mCCLO risk groups were associated with higher risk of GR and undergoing definitive treatment (both p < 0.001). On multivariable analysis, increasing mCCLO score was associated with higher risk of GR and receipt of definitive treatment (hazard ratios [HRs] per 1-unit increase: 1.26 [95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.12-1.41] and 1.21 [95% CI: 1.07-1.36], respectively). The model using mCCLO score to predict GR (c-index: 0.671; 95% CI: 0.621-0.721) performed at least as well as models using the number of cores positive for cancer (0.664 [0.613-0.715]; p = 0.7) and the maximum percentage of cancer in a core (0.641 [0.585-0.696]; p = 0.14).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The CCLO score is a valid, objective metric to predict GR and receipt of treatment in a large AS cohort. The ability of the MRI-informed mCCLO to predict GR is on par with traditional metrics of tumor volume but is more descriptive and may benefit from greater reproducibility. The mCCLO score can be implemented as a shorthand, informative tool for counseling patients about whether to remain on AS.</p>","PeriodicalId":54544,"journal":{"name":"Prostate","volume":" ","pages":"723-730"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140112223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}