Head‐to‐head comparison of two online nomograms for prostate biopsy outcome prediction

• Published in: BJU international Vol. 107; no. 11; pp. 1780 - 1783
• Main Authors: Oliveira, Mário, Marques, Vera, Carvalho, António Pedro, Santos, Américo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2011; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: Age Factors; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; biopsy; Biopsy, Needle - standards; Cohort Studies; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Male; Male genital diseases; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Invasiveness - pathology; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; nomogram; Nomograms; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; prostate cancer; Prostate-Specific Antigen - blood; Prostatic Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Prostatic Neoplasms - epidemiology; Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tumors; Tumors of the urinary system; Ultrasonography, Interventional; Urinary tract. Prostate gland; Nephrology; Head; Urinary system disease; Prognosis; Prostate disease; Nomogram; Prediction; Malignant tumor; Urology; Anatomic pathology; Biopsy; Nomograms; Predictive factor; Urogenital system; Male genital diseases; Prostate cancer; Prostate; Comparative study; Cancer

Study Type – Diagnosis (exploratory cohort)
Level of Evidence 2b What’s known on the subject? and What does the study add? In recent years, several nomograms were developed in an effort to decrease the number of unnecessary prostate biopsies. The European SWOP‐PRI and the North American PCPT are amo...