Objective: To identify independent risk factors for perineural invasion(PNI) in prostate cancer and develop a predictive model for individualized risk assessment. Methods: We analyzed clinical data from 318 patients with prostate cancer treated at the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University between September 2022 and March 2024. Patients were categorized into PNI-positive(n=202) and PNI-negative(n=116) groups based on postoperative pathological results. The cases were randomly divided into training(n=223) and validation(n=95) sets with a 7∶3 ratio. LASSO regression identified significant predictors, followed by multivariate Logistic regression to construct a nomogram, validated in both sets using R software(v4.4.0). Results: Four predictors were identified: prostate-specific antigen density(PSAD)(OR=6.788, 95%CI 1.909-28.697), percentage of positive biopsy cores(OR=1.033, 95%CI 1.015-1.054), serum albumin ≤40 g·L-1(OR=2.655, 95%CI 1.340-5.425), and PI-RADS score(4: OR=3.146, 95%CI 1.289-8.165; 5: OR=3.633, 95%CI 1.331-10.399). The model demonstrated discriminative ability with AUCs of 0.814(95%CI 0.755-0.874) and 0.772(95%CI 0.674-0.871) in training and validation sets, respectively. Goodness-of-fit tests showed satisfactory calibration(training set P=0.21; validation set P=0.60). Decision curve analysis and clinical impact curves confirmed clinical utility across probability thresholds. Conclusion: Our nomogram incorporating PSAD, percentage of positive biopsy cores, PI-RADS score, and serum albumin effectively predicts PNI risk in prostate cancer, demonstrating good clinical applicability for preoperative risk stratification. |