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  • Oncology
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  • Medical Informatics

Background:

  • Prostate-specific antigen doubling-time (PSA-DT) is a critical prognostic marker in prostate cancer.
  • Current PSA-DT determination methods suffer from inconsistencies due to varied mathematical approaches, non-standardized data handling, and PSA variability.
  • Accurate PSA-DT calculation is essential for reliable progression and survival assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a reproducible tool for calculating PSA-DT.
  • To incorporate simultaneous PSA-DT error estimation into the tool.
  • To address limitations in current PSA-DT determination methods.

Main Methods:

  • Development of an internet-based PSA-DT calculation tool.
  • Utilized nonlinear optimization with the least squares error method.
  • Employed the most recent three PSA values for calculation.
  • Estimated PSA-DT error using randomly disturbed measurement data streams (n=65) with 5-25% PSA variability.

Main Results:

  • Simulated PSA-DT calculations in five men ranged from 1.7 to 15 months (mean: 6.3 months) using the new tool.
  • Comparison with a standard tool yielded PSA-DT values between 1.3 and 14.5 months (mean: 4.2 months).

Conclusions:

  • A defined, open, and reproducible PSA-DT calculation and error estimation tool has been developed.
  • The tool is based on standardized PSA data input.
  • While not superior to other methods, it offers scientific standardization and is freely accessible.