Applicability of the SelectMDx Test in Identifying Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer: Insights from an Eastern European Cohort
Petrino-Cristian Călinoiu, Daniel Liviu Bădescu, Ovidiu-Cătălin Nechita, Cristian-Valentin Toma, Cosmin-George Radu, Diana Neculai, Ștefan Raşcu, Razvan-Cosmin Petca, Justin Aurelian, Cristian-Sorin Sima, Viorel JingaOriginal article, no. 4, 2025
Article DOI: 10.21614/chirurgia.3131
Background: Prostate cancer is a major global health concern, and current diagnostic methods, including prostate-specific antigen testing, have significant limitations. SelectMDx is a urinary biomarker test used for risk stratification of clinically significant prostate cancer, with the potential to reduce unnecessary biopsies.
Methods: This retrospective study included 126 patients evaluated in a Romanian university hospital between January 2022 and December 2023. All patients had PSA 3 ng/mL and/or abnormal digital rectal examination findings and underwent the SelectMDx test followed by transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value were calculated, and diagnostic performance was assessed using ROC curves.
Results: SelectMDx demonstrated a sensitivity of 90.6%, specificity of 70.4%, and NPV of 94.3% in the cohort with PSA 10 ng/mL. The test performed optimally in patients with negative DRE or PI-RADS 3 scores, reducing unnecessary biopsies.
Conclusions: SelectMDx has proven to be a valuable tool in the risk stratification of clinically significant prostate cancer, contributing to improved clinical decision-making and reducing unnecessary biopsies. However, further studies are needed to validate its performance across different populations.
Methods: This retrospective study included 126 patients evaluated in a Romanian university hospital between January 2022 and December 2023. All patients had PSA 3 ng/mL and/or abnormal digital rectal examination findings and underwent the SelectMDx test followed by transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value were calculated, and diagnostic performance was assessed using ROC curves.
Results: SelectMDx demonstrated a sensitivity of 90.6%, specificity of 70.4%, and NPV of 94.3% in the cohort with PSA 10 ng/mL. The test performed optimally in patients with negative DRE or PI-RADS 3 scores, reducing unnecessary biopsies.
Conclusions: SelectMDx has proven to be a valuable tool in the risk stratification of clinically significant prostate cancer, contributing to improved clinical decision-making and reducing unnecessary biopsies. However, further studies are needed to validate its performance across different populations.
Keywords: prostate cancer, SelectMDx, urinary biomarkers, non-invasive diagnosis, biopsy, PSA, risk stratification, PI-RADS
