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ArticleBiomedicines2021

Network Analysis Integrating microRNA Expression Profiling with MRI Biomarkers and Clinical Data for Prostate Cancer Early Detection: A Proof of Concept Study.

Valeria Panebianco, Paola Paci, Martina Pecoraro, Federica Conte, Giorgia Carnicelli, Zein Mersini Besharat, Giuseppina Catanzaro, Elena Splendiani, Alessandro Sciarra, Lorenzo Farina and 2 more

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Article in Biomedicines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment in Prostate Cancer.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Valeria PanebiancoDepartment of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Sapienza University, Policlinico Umberto I, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Paola PaciDepartment of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Sapienza University, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9393-2047
Martina PecoraroDepartment of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Sapienza University, Policlinico Umberto I, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Federica ConteInstitute for Systems Analysis and Computer Science "Antonio Ruberti", 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0427-1476
Giorgia CarnicelliDepartment of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Sapienza University, Policlinico Umberto I, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8738-5561
Zein Mersini BesharatDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University, Policlinico Umberto I, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0317-9854
Giuseppina CatanzaroDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University, Policlinico Umberto I, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8427-9691
Elena SplendianiDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, Policlinico Umberto I, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4259-9093
Alessandro SciarraDepartment of Maternal-Infant and Urological Sciences, Sapienza University, Policlinico Umberto I, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Lorenzo FarinaDepartment of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Sapienza University, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8314-6029
Carlo CatalanoDepartment of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Sapienza University, Policlinico Umberto I, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Elisabetta FerrettiDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University, Policlinico Umberto I, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7265-6429
Policlinico Umberto I · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITIstituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica Antonio Ruberti · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The MRI of the prostate is the gold standard for the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa). Nonetheless, MRI still misses around 11% of clinically significant disease. The aim was to comprehensively integrate tissue and circulating microRNA profiling, MRI biomarkers and clinical data to implement PCa early detection. In this prospective cohort study, 76 biopsy naïve patients underwent MRI and MRI directed biopsy. A sentinel sample of 15 patients was selected for a pilot molecular analysis. Weighted gene coexpression network analysis was applied to identify the microRNAs drivers of csPCa. MicroRNA-target gene interaction maps were constructed, and enrichment analysis performed. The ANOVA on ranks test and ROC analysis were performed for statistics. Disease status was associated with the underexpression of the miRNA profiled; a correlation was found with ADC (r = -0.51,

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magnetic resonance imagingmicroRNAMR directed biopsynetwork analysisprostate cancer

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PMID34680592
PMCPMC8533640
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