Nomogram to Predict Prostate Cancer Diagnosis on Primary Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Biopsy in a Contemporary Series
Author(s) -
Christopher J. DiBlasio,
Ithaar Derweesh,
Michael Maddox,
Reza Mehrazin,
Changhong Yu,
John B. Malcolm,
Michael Aleman,
Anthony L. Patterson,
Robert Wake,
Michael W. Kattan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
current urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1661-7657
pISSN - 1661-7649
DOI - 10.1159/000343528
Subject(s) - medicine , nomogram , prostate cancer , biopsy , concordance , body mass index , prostate biopsy , prostate , urology , rectal examination , stage (stratigraphy) , prostate specific antigen , radiology , cancer , paleontology , biology
Transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy (TRUSB) remains the mainstay for prostate cancer (CaP) diagnosis. Numerous variables have shown associations with development of CaP. We present a nomogram that predicts the probability of detecting CaP on TRUSB.
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