In 2016, we looked at the Candiolo risk stratification system for radiation therapy. To our knowledge, it has not been prospectively validated or widely adopted. … READ MORE …
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For many years researchers have been trying to identify so-called “surrogate” endpoints that can be used to predict overall and prostate cancer-specific survival with high accuracy. … READ MORE …
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A newly published paper from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center group in New York has proposed a predictive model which might allow a high percentage of candidates for active surveillance as initial management to skip a second, confirmatory biopsy after initial diagnosis. … READ MORE –
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