Abstract Background To explore the factors that affect prognosis of overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific (CSS) patients with stage IIIC1 cervical cancer establish nomogram models to predict this prognosis. Methods Data from in Surveil-lance, Epidemiology, End Results (SEER) programme meeting inclusion criteria were classified into a training group, validation data obtained First Affiliated...

This article describes markers used for prostate biopsy decisions, including prostrate-specific antigen (PSA), free PSA, the prostate health index, 4Kscore, PCA3, and ConfirmMDx. It also summarizes the use of nomograms combining multiple variables for prostate cancer detection.

BACKGROUND Doppler flow velocity waveform analysis of fetal vessels is one of the main methods for evaluating fetus health before labor. Doppler waves of middle cerebral artery (MCA) can predict most of the at risk fetuses in high risk pregnancies. In this study, we tried to obtain normal values and their nomograms during pregnancy for Doppler flow velocity indices of MCA in 20-40 weeks of norm...

A nomogram is a graphical representation of a mathematical relation in multiple variables, where each variable is represented by a curve and relations between the variables are derived from straight lines intersecting all curves. They were once used in many fields as simple calculating tools before the advent of computers, because they made useful calculations available to laypeople who didn’t ...

OBJECTIVE In the study, our aim was to evaluate the predictability of four different nomograms on non-sentinel lymph node metastases (NSLNM) in breast cancer (BC) patients with positive sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in a multi-center study. METHODS We identified 607 patients who had a positive SLN biopsy and completion axillary lymph node dissection (CALND) at seven different BC treatment ...

AIMS Continuity equation to evaluate aortic valve area (AVA(CE)) is critically dependent on accurate measurement of left ventricular outflow tract diameter and velocity. To circumvent these limitations, the present study aimed to generate nomograms for a facilitated estimation of aortic valve area using peak aortic valve pressure gradient (DeltapAv) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of most malignant tumors, mainly due to its high rate of metastasis and recurrence. The prognosis of CRC is difficult due to early CRC patients have no specific symptoms. Therefore, it is emergent to identify a biomarker for CRC prognosis. Cystatin SN (CST1) shows elevated expression in many tumors, but its role in CRCs is still unknown. Through immunohistochemist...

PURPOSE The ability to accurately predict the likelihood of achieving breast conservation surgery (BCS) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT) is important in deciding whether NCT or surgery should be the first-line treatment in patients with operable breast cancers. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed the data of 513 women, who had stage II or III breast cancer and received NCT and surgery from ...

We analyzed the prostate cancer data of 317 Korean men with clinically localized prostate cancer who underwent radical prostatectomy at Asan Medical Center between June 1990 and November 2003 to construct nomograms predicting the pathologic stage of these tumors, and compared the outcome with preexisting nomograms. Multinomial log-linear regression was performed for the simultaneous prediction ...

INTRODUCTION Both gestation and birth weight have significant impact on mortality and morbidity in newborn infants. Nomograms at birth allow classification of infants into small for gestational age (SGA) and large for gestational age (LGA) categories, for risk stratification and more intensive monitoring. To date, the growth charts for preterm newborn infants in Singapore are based on the Fento...