© Oxford University Press 2006.
MEMO TO THE MEDIA |
Press Release
New Predictive Model To Assess Individual's Risk of Prostate Cancer
jncimedia@oxfordjournals.org
301-841-1287
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
| The first 10% of the full text of this article appears below. |
Researchers have developed a model to predict prostate cancer for men who undergo a prostate biopsy. The details of the risk calculator appear in the April 18 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Fifty percent of men in the United States undergo regular screening for prostate cancer, using a test that measures levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a