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ArticleDer Urologe. Ausg. A2013

[Imaging of the prostate].

J Walz, T Loch, G Salomon, H Wijkstra

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Article in Der Urologe. Ausg. A, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

J WalzDepartment of Urology, Institut Paoli-Calmettes Cancer Centre, 232, Boulevard Ste. Marguerite/ B.P.: 156, F-13273 Marseille, Frankreich. walzj@ipc.unicancer.fr
T Loch
G Salomon
H Wijkstra
Diakonissenkrankenhaus · DEEppendorf (Germany) · DEInstitut Paoli-Calmettes · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently several new technologies for prostate imaging have been developed. The aim of these technologies was to improve the diagnosis of prostate cancer. Especially the transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) has been refined to the so-called enhanced ultrasound, as regular grey scale TRUS has limited ability to identify cancer lesions in the prostate. In several studies elastography has shown good capability to identify cancer lesions in the prostate as well as to absolutely increase the detection rate of randomized biopsies by up to 10 %.. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound shows varying results in the published literature with increased detection rates on the one hand and unchanged detection rates relative to randomized biopsy on the other hand. The online available ANNA/C-TRUS system shows detection rates with six targeted biopsies that are comparable to the published detection rates of randomized saturation biopsies. Direct systematic comparison to randomized biopsies is missing. The Histoscanning system currently provides the poorest data as no biopsy studies are available. Multicenter trials are mandatory for all new imaging technologies in order to implement them as standard into clinical practice.

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Elasticity Imaging TechniquesHumansImage EnhancementImage-Guided BiopsyMaleProstatic NeoplasmsReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and Specificity

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PMID23494334
OpenAlexW2158372089

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