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    Attention COACH STUDY participants:

    The principal investigators of the study request that you use the official version of the modified score here.

    PSA Doubling Time (PSADT) Calculator

    Calculates rate of PSA doubling in prostate cancer (correlates with survival).

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Use in patients with prostate cancer. Do not use for screening or diagnosis.

    When to Use
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    • Patients with prostate cancer who have undergone radical prostatectomy or definitive radiation therapy and have biochemical recurrence, defined as confirmed PSA ≥0.2 ng/mL if radical prostatectomy or confirmed PSA rise of ≥2 ng/mL above the nadir PSA level if radiation therapy.

    • PSADT has limited value in prostate cancer screening or diagnosis.

    • For patients with biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer, optimal PSADT calculation should include all PSA values of the individual within two years of initially documented PSA recurrence.

    • Entering more values improves accuracy of estimation.

    • Shorter PSADT reflects faster increase in PSA levels, while longer PSADT reflects a slower increase in PSA levels over time.

    • In patients with biochemical recurrence, PSADT:

      • Predicts risk of metastasis and risk of dying of prostate cancer when combined with other factors such as the Gleason Score and length of time to biochemical recurrence.

      • Helps identify patients more likely to develop clinically significant disease.

      • Helps guide patient selection for salvage local therapy or androgen deprivation therapy.

      • Helps guide utilization and timing of imaging studies.

    • For patients with M0 castration resistant disease, PSADT helps guide patient selection for observation, second generation antiandrogen, androgen metabolism inhibitor, or other secondary hormone treatments.

    • Used in assessment of eligibility for clinical trials.

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    Dr. Charles R. Pound

    About the Creator

    Charles R. Pound, MD, is the chief of urology in the department of surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. He is also a professor of medicine at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. Dr. Pound’s primary research is focused on urologic malignancy including prostate, bladder, and renal cancers.

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