%0 Journal Article
%T Prostate cancer risk stratification: to biopsy or not to biopsy?
%A Foley, Robert W.
%J AME Medical Journal
%D 2017
%B 2017
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%! Prostate cancer risk stratification: to biopsy or not to biopsy?
%K 
%X Risk calculators (Clinical Prediction Models) have been in use within medicine for quite some time. A risk calculator is essentially a model, which takes a patient’s risk factors, combines them all into an equation and assigns a level of risk. Risk calculators can be used to predict any outcome, be that success of a surgical procedure (1) or prognosis following an acute myocardial infarction (2). The level of risk can then be quantified as a percentage. In this way, risk calculators offer a logical and systematic approach to the use of patient risk factors, which can then be used to influence clinical decision-making.
%U https://amj.amegroups.org/article/view/3738
%V 2
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%@ 2520-0518