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SynthesisWorld journal of urology2018

Julia Corfield, Marlon Perera, Damien Bolton, Nathan Lawrentschuk

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in World journal of urology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
85citing papers in PubMed, 8 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

85 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Guideline
  2. Pooled it
  3. Radiology. Imaging cancer · 2022
    Pooled it
  4. PSMA PET for primary lymph node staging of intermediate and high-risk prostate cancer: an expedited systematic review.Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2020
    Pooled it
  5. The Role ofFrontiers in oncology · 2020
    Pooled it
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  9. Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2026
    Trial
  10. Trial
  11. Pelvic lymph-node staging withEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2021
    Trial
  12. [The Journal of urology · 2020
    Trial
  13. Trial
  14. Review
  15. Article
  16. Head-to-head comparison ofEJNMMI research · 2026
    Article
  17. [The Prostate · 2026
    Observational
  18. Review
  19. Article
  20. Article

25 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

4 authors.

Julia CorfieldThe University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. juliamcorfield@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0232-0206
Marlon PereraDepartment of Surgery, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Damien BoltonThe University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Nathan LawrentschukThe University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo systematically review currently available data on

methodsWe performed critical reviews of EMBASE, Web of Science (including MEDLINE) and Cochrane databases in October 2016 according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis statement. We included studies that utilized

resultsFollowing our systematic search strategy, 12 studies were included for assessment. These studies comprised a total of 322 patients who underwent

conclusionsIn the primary staging of prostate cancer

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Edetic AcidGallium IsotopesGallium RadioisotopesHumansMaleNeoplasm StagingOligopeptidesPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyProstateProstatic NeoplasmsRadiopharmaceuticalsReproducibility of ResultsEdetic Acidgallium 68 PSMA-11Gallium IsotopesGallium RadioisotopesOligopeptidesRadiopharmaceuticalsImagingPositron emission tomographyProstate cancerProstate-specific membrane antigenPSMA

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