Preoperative and postoperative nomograms incorporating surgeon experience for clinically localized prostate cancer Journal Article
| Authors: | Kattan, M. W.; Vickers, A. J.; Yu, C.; Bianco, F. J.; Cronin, A. M.; Eastham, J. A.; Klein, E. A.; Reuther, A. M.; Pontes, J. E.; Scardino, P. T. |
| Article Title: | Preoperative and postoperative nomograms incorporating surgeon experience for clinically localized prostate cancer |
| Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Accurate preoperative and postoperative risk assessment has been critical for counseling patients regarding radical prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer. In addition to other treatment modalities, neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapies have been considered. The growing literature suggested that the experience of the surgeon may affect the risk of prostate cancer recurrence. The purpose of this study was to develop and internally validate nomograms to predict the probability of recurrence, both p reoperatively and postoperatively, with adjustment for standard parameters plus surgeon experience. METHODS: The study cohort included 7724 eligible prostate cancer patients treated with radical prostatectomy by 1 of 72 surgeons. For each patient, surgeon experience was coded as the total number of cases conducted by the surgeon before the patient's operation, Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models were developed to predict recurrence, Discrimination and calibration of the models was assessed following bootstrapping methods, and the models were presented as nomograms. RESULTS: In this combined series, the 10-year probability of recurrence was 23.9%, The nomograms were quite discriminating (preoperative concordance index, 0.767; postoperative concordance index, 0.812). Calibration appeared to be very good for each. Surgeon experience seemed to have a quite modest effect, especially postoperatively. CONCLUSIONS: Nomograms have been developed that consider the surgeon's experience as a predictor. The tools appeared to predict reasonably well but were somewhat little improved with the addition of surgeon experience as a predictor variable. © 2009 American Cancer Society. |
| Keywords: | disease-free survival; cancer surgery; overall survival; cancer recurrence; postoperative period; cancer patient; cancer staging; follow up; prostate specific antigen; neoplasm recurrence, local; recurrence; time factors; prostate cancer; prostate-specific antigen; prostatic neoplasms; preoperative period; clinical competence; probability; prostatectomy; nomograms; predictive validity; surgeon; experience; predictive value of tests; nomogram; predictive value; surgeon experience |
| Journal Title: | Cancer |
| Volume: | 115 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| ISSN: | 0008-543X |
| Publisher: | Wiley Blackwell |
| Date Published: | 2009-03-01 |
| Start Page: | 1005 |
| End Page: | 1010 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1002/cncr.24083 |
| PUBMED: | 19156928 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC3391599 |
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| Notes: | --- - "Cited By (since 1996): 10" - "Export Date: 30 November 2010" - "CODEN: CANCA" - "Source: Scopus" |
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