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ReviewUrology annals

Novel imaging in prostate cancer.

Orestis Porfyris, Abdulrahman Al-Awon, Evangelos Liatsikos, Panagiotis Kallidonis

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Review in Urology annals. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A prospective comparative study of [European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2023
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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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Orestis PorfyrisDepartment of Urology, General Hospital of Laconia, Sparta, Greece.
Abdulrahman Al-AwonDepartment of Urology, Armed Forces Hospital Southern Region, Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia.
Evangelos LiatsikosDepartment of Urology, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Panagiotis KallidonisDepartment of Urology, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Imam Abdulrahman Al Faisal Hospital · SAArmed Forces Hospital · SAUniversity of Patras · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Imaging of prostate cancer (Pca) presents many challenges as imaging tools aim to improve cancer detection, assessment in biochemical relapse, and disease progression in advanced metastatic stages. Current imaging modalities have strengths but also weaknesses, such as the lack of ability to diagnose micrometastases, to differentiate significant from nonsignificant cancer, and to diagnose advanced disease at low prostate-specific antigen values. Some of the modalities appear promising in increasing the sensitivity and specificity rate, particularly in recurrent and advanced disease (e.g., prostate-specific membrane antigen-positron emission tomography). Others can prove valuable in delivering focal therapy for Pca. Finally, the combination of two modalities could provide improved results in the diagnosis of Pca. Despite promising results, most guidelines still recommend traditional imaging modalities, such as

Indexed as

Imagingmagnetic resonance imagingprostate cancerprostate-specific membrane antigen–positron emission tomographytransrectal ultrasound

Identifiers

PMID33100743
PMCPMC7546069
OpenAlexW3042822447

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Registered trials

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