Open AccessAssessment of the performance of Partin's nomogram (2007) in contemporary Indian cohort
Author(s) -
Rajiv Yadav,
Sohrab Arora,
Manish Sachdeva,
Narmada P. Gupta
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of urology/indian journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-3824
pISSN - 0970-1591
DOI - 10.4103/0970-1591.185096
Subject(s) - nomogram , medicine , prostatectomy , prostate cancer , receiver operating characteristic , population , prostate specific antigen , cohort , urology , oncology , cancer , environmental health
Partin's nomogram is an important prognostic tool to predict adverse pathological features for clinically localized prostate carcinoma. This tool is widely used by both radiation and surgical oncologists for pre-intervention counseling, treatment planning, and predicting the possible need for adjuvant treatment. However, the model is derived from a Western population with typical characteristics of prostate cancer in a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screened population. Therefore, this study was conducted to assess the performance of the Partin's nomogram as applied to an Indian cohort by assessing the discrimination and calibration properties.