The modified prostate health index (PHI) outperforms PHI density in the detection of clinical prostate cancer within the PSA grey zone.

OBJECTIVES

To compare the accuracy of several volume and diameters modified prostate health index (mPHI) models with PHI density (PHID), PHI, and other prostate-specific antigen (PSA) derivatives in detecting PSA grey zone prostate cancer (PCa).

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Between August 2020 and September 2021, a consecutive cohort of 214 suspected PCa patients with elevated total PSA values ranged from 4.0 to 10.0 ng/mL were prospectively recruited and received PHI detections and transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) measurements, followed by systematic prostate biopsies confirmation.

RESULTS

Among the 214 patients enrolled in the project, a total of 80 were diagnosed with PCa. In univariate analysis for the training cohort, the area under curve (AUC) of mPHI-2 [Formula: see text] was 0.8310, which outperformed PHID in identifying PSA grey zone PCa (P ≤ 0.0001) and showed the best net benefit in decision curve analysis (DCA). By a threshold of 0.2835, the sensitivity and specificity in the prediction of PCa were 78.9% and 90.3%, while the positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) were 78.3% and 78.6%, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS

According to our present single-center experience, the mPHI-2 risk predictor outperformed PHID or other classical parameters alone in the PCa detection with a grey zone PSA level in Asian males.