What Information Will I Need?

If you have not yet received treatment for your prostate cancer, you will need to have the following information in order to use the nomogram:

• your most recent PSA (prostate specific antigen) value
• your primary and secondary Gleason grade
• your doctor's assessment of your clinical tumor stage (using the 1992 or 1997 UICC system)
• the number of positive cores (samples) found during biopsy
• the number of negative cores (samples) found during biopsy
• if you've already seen a radiation oncologist, the radiation therapy dose that he or she is planning to deliver
• whether or not you have had neo-adjuvant hormones
• whether or not you have had neo-adjuvant radiation

Pre-Treatment Worksheet

We encourage patients to use the nomogram with their doctors. For a more detailed list of what you need to use this prediction tool, print the Pre-Treatment Worksheet and bring it with you to your next appointment. (The Worksheet is a pdf file. The Adobe Acrobat plug-in is required. Click here to download free plug-in from Adobe.)

If you have already received surgery (radical prostatectomy), you may need to have or to know the following information to complete the nomogram:

• your PSA (prostate specific antigen) value prior to surgery or other treatment
• your primary Gleason grade at surgery
• your secondary Gleason grade at surgery
• the year of your prostatectomy
• the number of months you have been disease free
• whether or not your surgical margins were positive
• whether or not cancer was found in your seminal vesicles
• whether or not cancer was found in your lymph nodes (if any were removed)
• whether or not there was extra capsular extension
• whether or not you have had neo-adjuvant hormones
• whether or not you have had neo-adjuvant radiation

Post-Radical Prostatectomy Worksheet

We encourage patients to use the nomogram with their doctors. For a more detailed list of what you need to use this prediction tool, print our Post-Radical Prostatectomy Worksheet and bring it with you to your next appointment. (The Worksheet is a pdf file. The Adobe Acrobat plug-in is required. Click here to download free plug-in from Adobe.)

If you have experienced a recurrence of your prostate cancer after receiving a radical prostatectomy and are considering salvage radiation therapy, you will need to know the following information to complete the Salvage Radiation Therapy portion of the nomogram:

• months you were disease free
• your primary Gleason Grade at surgery
• your secondary Gleason Grade at surgery
• pre-radiotherapy PSA
• PSA at time of prostatectomy
• PSA Doubling Time
• radiation dose (if applicable)
• if your surgical margins were positive
• if there was seminal vesicle involvement
• if there was lymph node involvement
• if there was extra capsular extension
• if neoadjuvant hormones were received
• if you had an elevated post-radical prostatectomy PSA

Salvage Radiation Therapy Treatment Worksheet

We encourage patients to use the nomogram with their doctors. For a more detailed list of what you need to use this prediction tool, print our Salvage Radiation Therapy Worksheet and bring it with you to your next appointment. (The Worksheet is a pdf file. The Adobe Acrobat plug-in is required. Click here to download free plug-in from Adobe.)

If you are considering receiving hormone refractory treatment, you will need to know the following information to complete the Hormone Refractory portion of the nomogram:

• your Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS)
• your Hemoglobin (HGB) value
• your PSA
• your Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) value
• your Alkaline Phosphatase (ALK) value
• your Albumin value

Hormone Refractory Treatment Worksheet

We encourage patients to use the nomogram with their doctors. For a more detailed list of what you need to use this prediction tool, print the Hormone Refractory Worksheet and bring it with you to your next appointment. (The Worksheet is a pdf file. The Adobe Acrobat plug-in is required. Click here to download free plug-in from Adobe.)

The additional tools portion of the prostate nomogram -- which includes statistical devices measuring volume and PSA doubling time -- is not required to complete the nomogram. However, if you would like to use any of these features, you will need to have the following information:

PSA Doubling Time

To use and complete the PSA doubling time portion of the nomogram, you will need to know the following information:

• at least two PSA test results
• the date the tests were taken

Volume

To use and complete the volume portion of the nomogram, you will need to know the following information:

• Prostate length
• Width/transverse
• Prostate height
• Pre-treatment PSA