A risk calculator to inform the need for a prostate biopsy: a rapid access clinic cohort

A risk calculator to inform the need for a prostate biopsy: a rapid access clinic cohort

Abstract Background Prostate cancer (PCa) represents a significant healthcare problem. The critical clinical question is the need for a biopsy. Accurate risk stratification of patients before a biopsy can allow for individualised risk stratification thus improving clinical decision making. This stud...

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Main Authors: Amirhossein Jalali, Robert W. Foley, Robert M. Maweni, Keefe Murphy, Dara J. Lundon, Thomas Lynch, Richard Power, Frank O’Brien, Kieran J. O’Malley, David J. Galvin, Garrett C. Durkan, T. Brendan Murphy, R. William Watson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Subjects:
Biopsy
Prostate Cancer
Decision-making
Risk calculator
Binary logistic regression, cross-validation, Rshiny
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-020-01174-2

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