Can MRI data improve older, pre-treatment, prognostic methods?

An obvious but previously unanswered question has been whether adding data from the results of MRI scans to the data used in the Partin tables and in the pre-surgical Kattan nomogram (also known as the Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center or MSKCC nomogram) can improve the accuracy of these two commonly used prognostic methods. … READ MORE …

MSKCC updates recommendations on risk-based prostate cancer screening

In an article currently in press in Urology (“the Gold journal”) researchers and clinicians at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have provided a detailed 2016 update to the MSKCC guidelines on the use of the PSA test in assessment of risk for prostate cancer. … READ MORE …