Bibliographic citations
Alpaca, H., (2024). Utilidad del porcentaje de antígeno prostático específico libre en comparación al antígeno prostático específico total para detención de cáncer prostático [Universidad Nacional de Trujillo]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14414/22242
Alpaca, H., Utilidad del porcentaje de antígeno prostático específico libre en comparación al antígeno prostático específico total para detención de cáncer prostático []. PE: Universidad Nacional de Trujillo; 2024. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14414/22242
@phdthesis{renati/883946,
title = "Utilidad del porcentaje de antígeno prostático específico libre en comparación al antígeno prostático específico total para detención de cáncer prostático",
author = "Alpaca Salvador, Hugo Aurelio",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional de Trujillo",
year = "2024"
}
Introduction. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide and ranks fifth in mortality. In Peru, it represents the most frequent cancer and the third cause of cancer mortality regardless of sex. The prostate-specific antigen test is used to screen for prostate cancer, however its systematic use is limited by its lack of specificity and the high proportion of biopsies and unnecessary treatments with the risk of complications and adverse effects. The percentage of free prostate-specific antigen is considered a more specific indicator of prostate cancer, however, the general certainty of the evidence is low and the selection of the appropriate cut-off points in clinical practice is complicated and variable due to its dependence based on the patient's age, prostate size, and PSA level. Objective. To compare the diagnostic performance of the percentage of free prostate-specific antigen and the total prostate-specific antigen for the detection of prostate cancer in men undergoing screening. Material and methods. A retrospective study of the validity of diagnostic tests was carried out with a consecutive sample of 56 cases of prostatic adenocarcinoma and 161 controls with benign prostatic hyperplasia selected from November 2015 to February 2020 from the medical records of the urology service of Hospital III EsSalud. Chimbote that met the selection criteria. Results. An AUC of 0.82 (95% CI: 0.75 - 0.89) was found for the percentage of free prostate-specific antigen, with an optimal cut-off of 20.0%, sensitivity 95.0%, specificity 35.0%, accuracy diagnostic rate 50.2%, diagnostic odds ratio 9.42, and 10.8% reduction in false positives for unnecessary biopsies compared to total prostate-specific antigen, which had an AUC of 0.76 (95% CI: 0.69- 0.83), sensitivity 96.4%, specificity 24.2%, diagnostic accuracy 42.86% and diagnostic odds ratio 7.41. Conclusions. The percentage of free prostate-specific antigen presented a higher diagnostic performance than total prostate-specific antigen and can reduce the proportion of prostate biopsies unnecessarily by an additional 10.8% with an optimal cut-off point of 20.0%.
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