The Ability of Prostate Health Index (PHI) to Predict Gleason Score in Patients With Prostate Cancer and Discriminate Patients Between Gleason Score 6 and Gleason Score Higher Than 6-A Study on 320 Patients After Radical Prostatectomy

Abstract

Prostate Health Index is the best of the tested markers for the categorization of Gleason score 6 tumors and for facilitating the management of patients with prostate cancer. Prostate Health Index can be a helpful marker for indication of active surveillance or radical prostatectomy.

Prostate health index can also simplify the decision of whether to perform nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy.

Keywords

• Gleason score
• prostate biopsy
• prostate cancer
• prostate health index
• prostate-specific antigen
• radical prostatectomy