Validation Study of the Accuracy of a Postoperative Nomogram for Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy for Localized Prostate Cancer

By Markus Graefen   Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 20, Issue 4 (February), 2002: 951-956

Clinical and pathologic data of 2,908 patients were supplied for validation, and 2,465 complete records were used. Nomogram-predicted probabilities of 7-year freedom from recurrence were compared with actual follow-up in two ways.