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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 May;20(5):740–750. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-0718

Table 2.

Natural history summary measures projected by the three models.

Measure FHCRC MISCAN UMICH
Lifetime risk of onset* 33 27 20
Lifetime risk of clinical diagnosis 13 12 10
Lifetime risk of metastasis by clinical diagnosis 2 2 1
Lifetime risk of prostate cancer death 4 4 5
Lifetime risk of clinical diagnosis given onset 38 43 50
Lifetime risk of metastasis by clinical diagnosis given onset 7 9 5
Lifetime risk of prostate cancer death given onset 12 14 25
Mean age at onset 65 71 71
Mean age at clinical diagnosis 75 76 81
Mean age at metastasis by clinical diagnosis 74 78 81
Mean age at prostate cancer death 78 80 80
Mean years from onset to clinical diagnosis 14 9 7
Mean years from onset to metastasis by clinical diagnosis 13 13 4
Mean years from onset to prostate cancer death 18 15 8

Lifetime risk of PSA or clinical diagnosis 14 20 15
Lifetime risk of PSA or clinical diagnosis given onset 41 73 80
Mean age at PSA or clinical diagnosis 74 74 75
Mean years from PSA to clinical diagnosis 6 9 4
*

Onset represents the initial development of a biopsy-detectable preclinical tumor.

These measures are in the presence of observed PSA screening and are included for reference.