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ReviewBMC cancer2021

A review of new hormonal therapies for prostate cancer in black men: is there enough data?

Matthias E Meunier, Pascal Blanchet, Yann Neuzillet, Thierry Lebret, Laurent Brureau

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In one paragraph

Review in BMC cancer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Matthias E MeunierDepartment of Urology, Foch Hospital, 40 rue Worth, 92150, Suresnes, France. matthias.meunier@yahoo.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6205-3333
Pascal BlanchetDepartment of Urology, Pointe-à-Pitre University Hospital, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France.
Yann NeuzilletDepartment of Urology, Foch Hospital, 40 rue Worth, 92150, Suresnes, France.
Thierry LebretDepartment of Urology, Foch Hospital, 40 rue Worth, 92150, Suresnes, France.
Laurent BrureauDepartment of Urology, Pointe-à-Pitre University Hospital, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France.
Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines · FRInserm · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundProstate cancer among black men is known to have specific molecular characteristics, especially the androgen receptor or enzymes related to the androgen metabolism. These targets are keys to the action of new hormonal therapies. Nevertheless, literature has a lack of data regarding black men. We aimed to gather the available literature data on new hormonal therapies among black populations.

methodsWe conducted a literature review from the PubMed / MEDLINE database until October 2020. All clinical studies of new hormonal therapies and black populations, regardless of methodology, were included.

resultsFour studies provided data on new hormonal therapies in black populations. Three studies reported a PSA decline in black patients treated with Abiraterone, higher in black men than in white men. Overall survival also appears to be higher in black patients treated with Abiraterone only or first.

conclusionFew articles have evaluated the effectiveness and safety of use of these treatments among black populations. The first results seem to show that Abiraterone can provide a benefit in overall survival in black populations. Prospective studies are needed to answer these questions in the future.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic Agents, HormonalBlack or African AmericanHumansMalePrognosisProstatic NeoplasmsSurvival RateAntineoplastic Agents, HormonalAbirateroneApalutamideBlack menEnzalutamideHormonotherapyProstate Cancer

Identifiers

PMID33446131
PMCPMC7807857
OpenAlexW3124657648

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