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ReviewNature reviews. Urology2021

Optimizing the diagnosis and management of ductal prostate cancer.

Weranja Ranasinghe, Daniel D Shapiro, Miao Zhang, Tharakeswara Bathala, Nora Navone, Timothy C Thompson, Bradley Broom, Ana Aparicio, Shi-Ming Tu, Chad Tang and 3 more

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Review in Nature reviews. Urology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Weranja RanasingheDepartment of Urology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. WKRanasinghe@mdanderson.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4006-0388
Daniel D ShapiroDepartment of Urology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Miao ZhangDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Tharakeswara BathalaDepartment of Radiology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Nora NavoneDepartment of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Timothy C ThompsonDepartment of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1424-3831
Bradley BroomDepartment of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Ana AparicioDepartment of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Shi-Ming TuDepartment of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Chad TangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
John W DavisDepartment of Urology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3491-7194
Louis PistersDepartment of Urology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Brian F ChapinDepartment of Urology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ductal adenocarcinoma (DAC) is the most common variant histological subtype of prostate carcinoma and has an aggressive clinical course. DAC is usually characterized and treated as high-risk prostatic acinar adenocarcinoma (PAC). However, DAC has a different biology to that of acinar disease, which often poses a challenge for both diagnosis and management. DAC can be difficult to identify using conventional diagnostic modalities such as serum PSA levels and multiparametric MRI, and the optimal management for localized DAC is unknown owing to the rarity of the disease. Following definitive therapy for localized disease with radical prostatectomy or radiotherapy, the majority of DACs recur with visceral metastases at low PSA levels. Various systemic therapies that have been shown to be effective in high-risk PAC have limited use in treating DAC. Although current understanding of the biology of DAC is limited, genomic analyses have provided insights into the pathology behind its aggressive behaviour and potential future therapeutic targets.

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Carcinoma, DuctalHumansMaleProstatic Neoplasms

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PMID33824525
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