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ReviewThe world journal of men's health2018

Shifting the Paradigm of Testosterone Replacement Therapy in Prostate Cancer.

Michael A Bell, Jeffrey D Campbell, Gregory Joice, Nikolai A Sopko, Arthur L Burnett

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Review in The world journal of men's health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Hypogonadism and its treatment among prostate cancer survivors.International journal of impotence research · 2021
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  6. Testosterone and prostate health: Have the paradigms truly shifted?Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2020
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael A BellThe James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3164-025X
Jeffrey D CampbellThe James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. jcampb84@jhmi.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8129-3260
Gregory JoiceThe James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8480-4871
Nikolai A SopkoThe James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4913-0570
Arthur L BurnettThe James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6560-8605
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Historically, testosterone and prostate cancer have been demonstrated to have a positive association leading providers to forgo testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) in men with concurrent histories of hypogonadism and prostate cancer. This paradigm has been gradually shifting with our evolving understanding of the relationship between testosterone and prostate cancer and the gaining popularity of the saturation model. Newer data suggests improved quality of life for men with hypogonadism after TRT leading to a more tempered view of the effects of this treatment and its risk in prostate cancer. As more reports emerge of TRT in men who have either undergone definitive treatment for prostate cancer or are on active surveillance, some providers see a role for TRT in these patients despite non-consensus in clinical guidelines. It is critical that we examine evidence currently available, while we await more rigorous data to emerge.

Indexed as

AndrogensHypogonadismProstate-specific antigenProstatic neoplasmTestosterone

Identifiers

PMID29623698
PMCPMC5924951
OpenAlexW2795744531

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