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ArticleEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2020

Peter Donato, Andrew Morton, John Yaxley, Sachinka Ranasinghe, Patrick E Teloken, Samuel Kyle, Geoff Coughlin, Rachel Esler, Nigel Dunglison, Robert A Gardiner and 1 more

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Article in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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52citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Peter DonatoDepartment of Urology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. peterdonato1@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-6046-6908
Andrew MortonFaculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4006, Australia.
John YaxleyDepartment of Urology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
Sachinka RanasingheDepartment of Urology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
Patrick E TelokenDepartment of Urology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
Samuel KyleFaculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4006, Australia.
Geoff CoughlinDepartment of Urology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
Rachel EslerDepartment of Urology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
Nigel DunglisonDepartment of Urology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
Robert A GardinerDepartment of Urology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
Matthew J RobertsDepartment of Urology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. m.roberts2@uq.edu.au.
The University of Queensland · AURoyal Brisbane and Women's Hospital · AUGriffith University · AUThe University of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background68Ga prostate specific membrane antigen PET/CT (68Ga-PSMA PET/CT) may be superior to multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) for localisation of prostate cancer tumour foci, however the concordance and differences between 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT and mpMRI when applied to all biopsied patients and potential benefit in patients with negative mpMRI is unclear.

methodsRetrospective analysis of patients undergoing mpMRI, prostate biopsy and 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT over a 3-year period. Diagnostic performance of 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT and mpMRI were assessed using biopsy histopathology for the entire cohort and radical prostatectomy specimen in a subset of patients. Lesion concordance and additional detection of each modality were determined, including in a dedicated cohort of patients with mpMRI PIRADS 2 scans.

resultsA total of 144 patients were included in the study. Index lesion/foci detection was similar between 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT and mpMRI (sensitivity 83.1% vs 90.1%; p = 0.267), however lesions missed by mpMRI were larger (1.66 cm

conclusionsDespite high concordance rates, 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT incrementally improved tumour localisation compared with mpMRI. These results suggest that 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT may have an incremental value to that of mpMRI in the diagnostic process for prostate.

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Positron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyProstatic NeoplasmsBiopsyEdetic AcidGallium IsotopesGallium RadioisotopesHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleOligopeptidesRetrospective StudiesEdetic Acidgallium 68 PSMA-11Gallium IsotopesGallium RadioisotopesOligopeptidesGlutamate carboxypeptidase IIHumanMagnetic resonance imagingPositron-emission tomographyProstatectomyProstate specific membrane antigenProstatic neoplasms

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PMID31912257
OpenAlexW2999871298

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