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

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Sitemaster

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 …

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Partin tables updated based on more recent data

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Sitemaster

The clinical research group at John’s Hopkins has recently updated the Partin tables using data from patients treated between January 1, 2006 and July 30, 2011. These tables are one of several well-known tools that can be used to project pathologic outcomes of patients undergoing radical prostatectomy for supposedly localized prostate cancer. … READ MORE …

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