Abstract:
Objective To compare the accuracies of MRI and 1997 edition of Partin tables in predicting the pathological features of prostate cancer.
Methods A total of 51 patients with prostate carcinoma underwent radical prostatectomy from January 2012 to February 2014. Preoperative serum prostate specific antigen, clinical stage, biopsy Gleason score, percentage of positive biopsy scores, pelvic MRI, and pathological report of prostatectomy specimen were collected. Postoperative pathological results were compared with MRI results and Partin tables. Receiver operating characteristic curves were plotted to determine the accuracies of MRI and Partin tables in predicting the pathological features of prostate cancer.
Results The areas under the curve(AUCs)of the Partin tables to predict organ-confined disease(OCD), established capsular penetration(ECP), seminal vesicle involvement(SVI), and lymph nodal involvement(LNI) were 0.911, 0.742, 0.827, and 0.899, respectively. The corresponding AUCs of MRI were 0.902, 0.765, 0.563, and 0.5. The AUCs of OCD and ECP did not significantly differ between MRI and Partin tables(Z=0.071 and 0.020, both P > 0.05). By contrast, the AUCs of SVI and LNI significantly differed between MRI and Partin tables(Z=0.286 and 0.499, both P < 0.01).
Conclusion Partin tables exhibit a high clinical diagnostic value in the prediction of the pathological feature of prostate cancer. The accuracies of predicting OCD and ECP did not significantly differ between MRI and Partin tables. However, Partin tables were more accurate in predicting SVI and LNI than MRI.