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Prostate Cancer
Chart Predicts Whether Surgery Will Cure Prostate Cancer
May 26th, 1997
Researchers at Johns Hopkins and other institutions have refined a chart that helps physicians determine how advanced a prostate cancer may be and guides treatment decisions. The charts, called "nomograms," are a more accurate version of those developed by Hopkins researchers, according to Alan Partin, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of urology at the Johns Hopkins Brady Urological Institute. The nomograms were published in the May 14, 1997, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The nomograms combine in one chart information from three tests for prostate cancer: the clinical stage, Gleason score, and PSA...
Source: Cancer Weekly (1997-05-26)
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