Risk grouping versus risk continuum in patients with clinically localized prostate cancer: A taxometric test

Journal of Urology

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1937-1941

  Ingram, David G ^a,b   Kattan, Michael W ^a,b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Nomograms; Prostate; Prostatic neoplasms; Risk

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COVARIANCE; CURVE FITTING; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK CONTINUUM; RISK FACTOR; RISK GROUPING; TAXOMETRIC TEST; CLASSIFICATION; MALE; NOMOGRAM; PROCEDURES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

HUMANS; MALE; NOMOGRAMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77957840484     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.06.110     Document Type: Article

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