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ArticleAnnals of internal medicine2014

A simple schema for informed decision making about prostate cancer screening.

Andrew J Vickers, Kelly Edwards, Matthew R Cooperberg, Alvin I Mushlin

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Article in Annals of internal medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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

  1. Guideline
  2. Article
  3. "Sensemaking" to Aid Shared Decision Making in Clinical Practice: A Personal Response to Information Overload and Decision Abdication.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2024
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  6. Review
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  8. Screening for Prostate Cancer.The Medical clinics of North America · 2020
    Review
  9. Appraising risk in active surveillance of localized prostate cancer.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2019
    Article
  10. Prostate cancer screening-when to start and how to screen?Translational andrology and urology · 2018
    Review
  11. Article
  12. Active Surveillance in Younger Men With Prostate Cancer.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2017
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  13. Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Andrew J Vickers
Kelly Edwards
Matthew R Cooperberg
Alvin I Mushlin

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Elisa de Stanchina · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
SPORE In Prostate CancerP50CA092629 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI JAMES A EASTHAM · 2001 to 2026
$63.0M
CTSA INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCHUL1RR024996 · NCRR · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI IMPERATO-MCGINLEY, JULIANNE L · 2007 to 2011
$49.6M
Health Promotion Research CenterU48DP000050 · DP · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI HARRIS, JEFFREY R. · 2004 to 2008
$8.4M
Improving prostate cancer screening by integration of SNPs with blood biomarkersR01CA175491 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI KLEIN, ROBERT J. · 2013 to 2018
$2.8M
Prospective validation of a multi-marker prostate cancer prediction modelR01CA160816 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI BOORJIAN, STEPHEN, COOPERBERG, MATTHEW R · 2012 to 2015
$1.9M
NCCDPHP CDC HHS 1-U48-DP-000050NCCDPHP CDC HHS U48 DP000050NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS P50 CA092629NCI NIH HHS P50-CA92629NCI NIH HHS R01 CA160816NCI NIH HHS R01CA160816NCI NIH HHS R01 CA175491NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024996
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Decision MakingEarly Detection of CancerPatient ParticipationPrimary Health CareHumansMalePatient Education as TopicProstate-Specific AntigenProstatic NeoplasmsProstate-Specific Antigen

Identifiers

PMID25222389
PMCPMC4412472

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