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POLÍTICA DE ACTUACIÓN DE LA BIOPSIA TRANSRECTAL PROSTÁTICA, EN MAYORES DE 50 AÑOS, EN FUNCIÓN DEL VALOR DEL PSA, ELABORADO MEDIANTE UN ÁRBOL DE DECISIÓN MATEMÁTICO
Daniel Santos Arrontes, Ignacio Cortés Aránguez, Francisco Begara Morillas, Manuel Fernández Arjona, Fernando de Castro Barbosa
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POLÍTICA DE ACTUACIÓN DE LA BIOPSIA TRANSRECTAL PROSTÁTICA, EN MAYORES DE 50 AÑOS, EN FUNCIÓN DEL VALOR DEL PSA, ELABORADO MEDIANTE UN ÁRBOL DE DECISIÓN MATEMÁTICO
OBJECTIVES: To decide the actionpolitics (to perform or not transrectal prostatic biopsy) fora PSA cut point of 4 and 10 ng/ml through theconstruction of a mathematical decision tree.METHODS: We calculate the usefulness of the biopsythrough a subjective score, from 0 to 10, establishedafter a survey of the 20 staff members of the health-carearea, applying an global analysis with creation of totalprofile cards through an orthogonal design.RESULTS: The main usefulness of prostate cancerscreening would be not to perform transrectal prostaticbiopsies when PSA is lower than 4 ng/ml.
Prostatic neoplasia / Decision tree / PSA {{custom_keyword}} /
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