The objective of this study is to develop and validate patient-level prediction models for patients on watchful waiting (WW) estimating the risk of developing symptomatic progression, hospitalization, ER visit, initiation of curative or palliative treatment, and survival. Estimation for all clinical models will be done based on 1) age and clinical measurements (e.g., PSA) 6 months before diagnosis, 2) age, clinical measurements 6 months before diagnosis, and clinical conditions one year before diagnosis. Finally, a clinically usable model will be developed based on expert clinical input. All prediction models will be implemented using Lasso logistic regression for the time at risk analyses.
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