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Evaluation of a Decision-support System for Preoperative Staging of Prostate Cancer

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  • Phei Lang ChangHANG
  • Li
  • TA Min Wang
  • Shih Tsung Huang
  • Ming Li Hsieh
  • Ke Hung Tsui

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The usefulness and effectiveness of a decision-support system for preoperative stag ing of prostate cancers (PCES) were evaluated. The study population consisted of 43 consecutive patients with the preoperative diagnosis of prostate cancer who underwent surgical operation. Results obtained using the PCES were compared with staging by four urology attending physicians and five urology residents. The effect of PCES con sultation on the physicians' staging of prostate cancer was also evaluated. To confirm the usefulness of the clinical findings of prostate-specific antigen, prostate-specific an tigen density, prostate volume, and abnormal Gleason score in the PCES, their re ceiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves for diagnosis of advanced prostate cancer were plotted. The values of the areas under the curves were 0.772, 0.800, 0.531, and 0.752. The stage of prostate cancer was correctly determined by the PCES for 38 of the 43 patients, yielding 88.4% preoperative diagnostic accuracy. The PCES was sig nificantly more accurate than two of the attending physicians and all residents. PCES consultation improved the residents' staging accuracy to approximately that of the at tending physicians. The effect of PCES consultation on the residents' staging was significantly (p

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  • Phei Lang ChangHANG & Li & TA Min Wang & Shih Tsung Huang & Ming Li Hsieh & Ke Hung Tsui, 1999. "Evaluation of a Decision-support System for Preoperative Staging of Prostate Cancer," Medical Decision Making, , vol. 19(4), pages 419-427, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:medema:v:19:y:1999:i:4:p:419-427
    DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9901900410
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