Validation of prostate cancer prevention trial calculator

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One of many outcomes measures from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial

was the development of a prostate cancer (CaP) risk calculator.

However, the cohort of men in PCPT was different than men routinely

referred for prostate biopsy. In the December 2009 issue of the Journal of Urology,

Dr. Eyre and multicenter collaborators validate the PCPT risk

calculator using men from 5 urology practices participating in the

Early Detection Research Network (EDRN).....Click on below link for the full story:<http://www.urotoday.com/61/browse_categories/prostate_cancer/editorial__validation_in_a_multiple_urology_practice_cohort_of_the_prostate_cancer_prevention_trial_calculator_for_predicting_prostate_cancer_detection12232009.html>Non-doctors are welcome to browse within UroToday.combut you'll be requested to register, which you can safely do, since this professional medical site never sends spam!