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GuidelineCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2015

Guideline for referral of patients with suspected prostate cancer by family physicians and other primary care providers.

Sheila-Mae Young, Praveen Bansal, Emily T Vella, Antonio Finelli, Cheryl Levitt, Andrew Loblaw, Prostate Cancer Referral Working Group

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Guideline in Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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

  1. Pooled it
  2. Systematic review of clinical features of suspected prostate cancer in primary care.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2015
    Pooled it
  3. CPGPrompt: translating clinical guidelines into large language model-executable decision support.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2026
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  6. Overview on Patient Centricity in Cancer Care.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2017
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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

7 authors.

Sheila-Mae Young
Praveen Bansal
Emily T Vella
Antonio Finelli
Cheryl Levitt
Andrew Loblaw
Prostate Cancer Referral Working Group

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe aim of this guideline is to assist FPs and other primary care providers with recognizing features that should raise their suspicion about the presence of prostate cancer in their patients. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE: Committee members were selected from among the regional primary care leads from the Cancer Care Ontario Provincial Primary Care and Cancer Network and from among the members of the Cancer Care Ontario Genitourinary Cancer Disease Site Group.

methodsThis guideline was developed through systematic review of the evidence base, synthesis of the evidence, and formal external review involving Canadian stakeholders to validate the relevance of recommendations. REPORT: Evidence-based guidelines were developed to improve the management of patients presenting with clinical features of prostate cancer within the Canadian context.

conclusionThese guidelines might lead to more timely and appropriate referrals and might also be of value for informing the development of prostate cancer diagnostic programs and for helping policy makers to ensure appropriate resources are in place.

Indexed as

AdultDigital Rectal ExaminationFamily PracticeHumansMaleOntarioPrimary Health CareProstate-Specific AntigenProstatic NeoplasmsReferral and ConsultationProstate-Specific Antigen

Identifiers

PMID25756141
PMCPMC4301761

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