Advanced strain elastography is a reliable approach for prostate cancer detection in patients with elevated PSA levels

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This study aimed to examine the validity and reproducibility of strain elastography (SE) for detecting prostate cancer (PCa) in patients with elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels. The study included 107 patients with elevated PSA levels. All eligible patients underwent transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) with real-time elastography (RTE) to detect suspicious lesions. Two readers independently evaluated the lesions and assigned a strain ratio and elastography score to each lesion. Histopathology was used as a reference standard to estimate the validity of RTE in predicting malignant lesions. An intraclass correlation (ICC) was performed to detect reliability of the strain ratios and elastography scores. TRUS-guided biopsy detected malignancies in 64 (59.8%) patients. TRUS with RTE revealed 122 lesions. The strain ratio index (SRI) cut-off values to diagnose malignancy were 4.05 and 4.35, with sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of 94.7%, 91.3%, and 93.4%, respectively. An elastography score > 3 was the best cut-off value for detecting malignancy. According to readers, the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were 91.3-94.7%, 89.5-93.4%, and 91.3-90.9%, respectively. Excellent inter-reader agreement was recorded for SRI and elastography scores, with ICC of 0.937 and 0.800, respectively. SE proves to be an efficient tool for detecting PCa with high accuracy in patients with elevated PSA levels.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 14(2024), 1 vom: 05. Feb., Seite 2917

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Almalki, Yassir Edrees [VerfasserIn]
Mansour, Mohamed Gamal El-Din [VerfasserIn]
Ali, Susan Adil [VerfasserIn]
Basha, Mohammad Abd Alkhalik [VerfasserIn]
Abdelkawi, Moustafa Mahmoud [VerfasserIn]
Alduraibi, Sharifa Khalid [VerfasserIn]
Almushayti, Ziyad A [VerfasserIn]
Aldhilan, Asim S [VerfasserIn]
Aboualkheir, Mervat [VerfasserIn]
Amin, Darine [VerfasserIn]
Metkees, Mohamed [VerfasserIn]
Basha, Ahmed M A [VerfasserIn]
Ebaid, Noha Yahia [VerfasserIn]

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EC 3.4.21.77
Journal Article
Prostate-Specific Antigen

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Date Completed 07.02.2024

Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-024-53440-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368062503