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Online tool supports more dialogue on prostate cancer risk
02-04-2008 · EurekAlert!A comprehensive, clinical nomogram tool, the Sunnybrook Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator -- the first to use all known risk factors for prostate cancer -- is available online to help men determine individual prostate cancer risk in consultation with their primary care physician. A nomogram is a statistical model to determine risk for disease based on risk factors using a table and chart format.
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