Abstract
Background: An earlier biopsy nomogram model was designed at an international cancer referral center and validated in a patient population in New York City. We believe that the rural demographics of our multispecialty institution would be useful in further validation of the nomogram prior to advocating widespread clinical application. Patients and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 247 patients who un-derwent repeat prostate biopsies over a 2-year period. Results: Data sets were created by extracting such informations as: high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, prostate specific antigen, prostate specific antigen slope, and family history, among other variables. Conclusion: Ultimately we found that our nomogram carried out upon a rural community responded similarly to the urban population in which it was originally established and validated.
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