Prospective evaluation on the effect of interobserver variability of digital rectal examination on the performance of the Rotterdam Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator

To assess the level of agreement between digital rectal examination findings of two urologists and its effect on risk prediction using the digital rectal examination-based Rotterdam Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pereira-Azevedo, Nuno (author)
Other Authors:	Braga, Isaac (author), Verbeek, Jan Fm (author), Osório, Luís (author), Cavadas, Vítor (author), Fraga, Avelino (author), Carrasquinho, Eduardo (author), Cardoso de Oliveira, Eduardo (author), Nieboer, Daan (author), Roobol, Monique J. (author)
Format:	article
Language:	eng
Published:	2017
Subjects:	Aged Area Under Curve Biopsy Digital Rectal Examination Humans Male Middle Aged Portugal Predictive Value of Tests Prospective Studies Prostate Prostate-Specific Antigen Prostatic Neoplasms ROC Curve Risk Assessment Ultrasonography Early Detection of Cancer Observer Variation decision curve analysis prostate cancer risk calculator Ciências Médicas::Medicina Básica Science & Technology
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1822/62015
Country:	Portugal
Oai:	oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/62015

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Summary:	To assess the level of agreement between digital rectal examination findings of two urologists and its effect on risk prediction using the digital rectal examination-based Rotterdam Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator.