TY - JOUR T1 - Predicting Prostate Biopsy Outcome Using a PCA3-based Nomogram in a Polish Cohort JF - Anticancer Research JO - Anticancer Res SP - 553 LP - 557 VL - 33 IS - 2 AU - MACIEJ SALAGIERSKI AU - PETER MULDERS AU - JACK A. SCHALKEN Y1 - 2013/02/01 UR - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/33/2/553.abstract N2 - Background: Prostate Cancer Gene-3 (PCA3) is highly prostate cancer (PCa)-specific and its application holds promise in identifying men with PCa. Aim: To determine whether the PCA3 score can be used relative to PCa clinical variables to predict biopsy outcome. Patients and Methods: PCA3 scores were assessed in a group of 80 patients using the Progensa assay (Gen-Probe, San Diego, CA, USA). The logistic regression algorithm was used to combine PCA3 results with the established biopsy risk factors including: age, prostate-specific antigen (PSA), digital rectal examination (DRE) and prostate volume (Pvol). Results: In univariate analyses, the Progensa PCA3 score outperformed all biopsy risk predictors. A logistic regression algorithm using: age, PCA3, PSA, DRE and Pvol increased the area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve from 0.72 for PCA3-alone to 0.85. Conclusion: Combining PCA3 results with PCa risk factors provides significant improvements over the use of PCA3- or PSA-alone in predicting the probability of a positive prostate biopsy. ER -