Table 5

Comparison of the PSA and ANN velocity in PCa and BPH patients


PSA velocity (PSAV)
ANN velocity (ANNV)

follow up group
PCa in %
(n = 49)
BPH in %
(n = 150)
PCa in %
(n = 49)
Difference to PSAV
BPH in %
(n = 150)
Difference to PSAV

increasing
71.4%
21.3%
44.9%
- 26.5%
10.7%
- 10.6%
stable*
18.4%
65.3%
34.7%
+ 16.3%
82.7%
+ 17.4%
decreasing
10.2%
13.3%
20.4%
+ 10.2%
6.7%
- 6.6%

*by using the cutoff of 0.75 ng/mL/year for tPSA (range -0.75 to 0.75) and by using the cutoff of 4 per year for ANN output (range -4 to 4)

Stephan et al. BMC Urology 2008 8:10   doi:10.1186/1471-2490-8-10