Development and External Validation of a Nomogram Predicting the Probability of Significant Gleason Sum Upgrading among Japanese Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer

Objective. The aim of this study is to develop a prognostic model capable of predicting the probability of significant upgrading among Japanese patients. Methods. The study cohort comprised 508 men treated with RP, with available prostate-specific antigen levels, biopsy, and RP Gleason sum values....

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Main Authors: Imamoto, Takashi, Utsumi, Takanobu, Takano, Makoto, Komaru, Atsushi, Fukasawa, Satoshi, Suyama, Takahito, Kawamura, Koji, Kamiya, Naoto, Miura, Junichiro, Suzuki, Hiroyoshi, Ueda, Takeshi, Ichikawa, Tomohiko
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3216057/