Critical review of prostate cancer predictive tools

SF Shariat, MW Kattan, AJ Vickers, PI Karakiewicz… - Future …, 2009 - Future Medicine
Prostate cancer is a very complex disease, and the decision-making process requires the
clinician to balance clinical benefits, life expectancy, comorbidities and potential treatment …

An updated catalog of prostate cancer predictive tools

SF Shariat, PI Karakiewicz… - … Journal of the …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate estimates of risk are essential for physicians if they are to recommend a specific
management to patients with prostate cancer. Accurate risk estimates also are required for …

Comparison of nomograms with other methods for predicting outcomes in prostate cancer: a critical analysis of the literature

SF Shariat, PI Karakiewicz, N Suardi, MW Kattan - Clinical Cancer Research, 2008 - AACR
Purpose: Accurate estimates of risk are essential for physicians if they are to recommend a
specific management to patients with prostate cancer. Accurate risk estimates are also …

Inventory of prostate cancer predictive tools

SF Shariat, PI Karakiewicz, V Margulis… - Current opinion in …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Decision rules, such as nomograms, provide evidence-based and at the same time
individualized predictions of the outcome of interest. Such predictions have been repeatedly …

A critical appraisal of logistic regression‐based nomograms, artificial neural networks, classification and regression‐tree models, look‐up tables and risk‐group …

FKH Chun, PI Karakiewicz, A Briganti, J Walz… - BJU …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVE To evaluate several methods of predicting prostate cancer‐related outcomes, ie
nomograms, look‐up tables, artificial neural networks (ANN), classification and regression …

Predictive and prognostic models in radical prostatectomy candidates: a critical analysis of the literature

G Lughezzani, A Briganti, PI Karakiewicz, MW Kattan… - European urology, 2010 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: Numerous predictive and prognostic tools have recently been developed for risk
stratification of prostate cancer (PCa) patients who are candidates for or have been treated …

Role of nomograms for prostate cancer in 2007

FKH Chun, PI Karakiewicz, H Huland… - World journal of urology, 2007 - Springer
Nomograms have been developed to predict prostate cancer (PCa) related outcomes. We
report what has been achieved and what can be expected in 2007 and in the future. We …

Contemporary evaluation of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network prostate cancer risk classification system

AC Reese, PM Pierorazio, M Han, AW Partin - Urology, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the National Comprehensive Cancer Network prostate cancer
guidelines pretreatment risk groups in a contemporary series of patients treated with radical …

A catalog of prostate cancer nomograms

PL ROSS, PT SCARDINO, MW KATTAN - The Journal of urology, 2001 - auajournals.org
Purpose: Prediction is central to the management of prostate cancer. Nomograms are
devices that make predictions. We organized many nomograms for prostate cancer …

Nomograms for staging, prognosis, and predicting treatment outcomes

K Touijer, PT Scardino - Cancer, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Prostate cancer is a heterogeneous disease with a wide prognostic spectrum and a variety
of treatment options. Such a complex clinical scenario has led to uncertainty in risk …