一种新的统计学预测方法可有助于局部前列腺癌病人及其医生确定治疗方案。此外,它还能确定那些在放射治疗之后处于癌症复发的高危病人有可能获益于辅助治疗。由纽约Memorial Sloankettering癌症中心的Michael Kattan及其同事设计的该列线图(nomogram)以1042例前列腺癌病人的临床变量回顾性分析为基础,这些病人都是经三维保形放射治疗过的。该列线图不同于其他的预后装置,它 A new statistical prediction method can help local prostate cancer patients and their doctors to determine treatment options. In addition, it can also identify high-risk patients who have cancer recurrence after radiotherapy may benefit from adjuvant therapy. The nomogram, designed by Michael Kattan of the Memorial Sloankettering Cancer Center in New York and colleagues, was based on a retrospective analysis of 1042 prostate cancer patients who were treated with three-dimensional conformal radiation. The nomogram is different from other prognostic devices, it