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ReviewNature reviews. Urology2009

Pathologic basis of focal therapy for early-stage prostate cancer.

Vladimir Mouraviev, Janice M Mayes, Thomas J Polascik

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Review in Nature reviews. Urology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  16. Super active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer | Opinion: No.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Vladimir MouravievDuke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Janice M Mayes
Thomas J Polascik

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The treatment paradigm for small-volume, low-grade unifocal or unilateral prostate cancer is shifting from a radical, whole-gland approach toward organ-sparing, focal ablation. The widely implemented screening program in the US has detected small-volume prostate lesions at early stages of carcinogenesis, which has enabled the shift in treatment paradigm. An image-guided approach to focal therapy has yet to be realized, and is dependent on the development of an imaging modality that detects cancer with high sensitivity and specificity. The future success of focal therapy will depend on adequate prostate sampling at biopsy, along with accurate characterization of the spatial distribution of tumor within the prostate. The pathologic evaluation of radical prostatectomy specimens remains of paramount importance, as this reference standard can validate all preoperative clinical, demographic, laboratory, imaging and prostate biopsy findings.

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AnimalsEarly Detection of CancerHumansMaleProstatectomyProstatic NeoplasmsUltrasound, High-Intensity Focused, Transrectal

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PMID19352395

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