Should physicians use the updated Partin tables to predict pathologic stage in patients with prostate cancer?

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Michael W Kattan. Nat Clin Pract Urol. 2007 Nov.

. 2007 Nov;4(11):592-3.

doi: 10.1038/ncpuro0940. Epub 2007 Oct 9.

¹ Department of Quantitative Health Sciences at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. kattanm@ccf.org

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Updated nomogram to predict pathologic stage of prostate cancer given prostate-specific antigen level, clinical stage, and biopsy Gleason score (Partin tables) based on cases from 2000 to 2005.
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