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Publication of a prostate cancer prediction model in British Journal of Cancer

2018-12-01

Patients diagnosed with prostate cancer may receive radical treatment such as a prostatectomy. However, in patients with insignificant prostate cancer, active surveillance is the preferred treatment. Lorenzo Dutto and colleagues developed a risk score to predict the probability of having insignificant prostate cancer. The risk score incorporates PSA, prostate volume, age, clinical T stage, percent and number of positive biopsy cores. Dutto et al. suggest two different cut-off points to guide decision making in clinical practice. One cut-off point is aimed at reducing the risk of overtreatment. The other cut-off point is aimed at reducing the risk of missing a significant PCa. The clinical calculator on Evidencio was used within the peer-review process of publishing the study in the British Journal of Cancer. The calculator is publicly available over here.

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