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ArticleEuropean urology2018

Value of a Statistical Model Based on Four Kallikrein Markers in Blood, Commercially Available as 4Kscore, in All Reasonable Prostate Biopsy Subgroups.

Andrew J Vickers, Emily A Vertosick, Daniel D Sjoberg

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Article in European urology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Evaluation of the 4Kscore Test in Relation to Subsequent Risk of Aggressive Prostate Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Andrew J VickersDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: vickersa@mskcc.org.
Emily A VertosickDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Daniel D SjobergDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
SPORE In Prostate CancerP50CA092629 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Yu Chen, MICHAEL J MORRIS · 2001 to 2026
$63.0M
Dynamic, multi-cohort prediction modeling of prostate biopsy outcomeR01CA179115 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI ANKERST, DONNA PAULER, VICKERS, ANDREW J · 2014 to 2018
$2.3M
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
DEVELOPMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ANXIETY IN PRESCHOOLERSK23MH002016 · NIMH · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI EGGER, HELEN L · 2001 to 2005
$815k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS P50 CA092629NCI NIH HHS R01 CA160816NCI NIH HHS R01 CA179115NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH002016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

KallikreinsProstateProstate-Specific AntigenProstatic NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorBiopsyDecision Support TechniquesHumansMaleMeta-Analysis as TopicMiddle AgedModels, StatisticalPredictive Value of TestsResearch DesignRisk AssessmentSensitivity and SpecificityBiomarkers, TumorKallikreinsProstate-Specific Antigen

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PMID29903434
PMCPMC6676900

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