Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36881046›Full record

ArticleIn vivo (Athens, Greece)

Assessment of Prostate Volume and Prostate-specific Antigen Density With the Segmentation Method on Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Yen-Ting Lin, Siu-Wan Hung, Kun-Yuan Chiu, Jyh-Wen Chai, Jin-Ching Lin

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in In vivo (Athens, Greece). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
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.

Yen-Ting LinDepartment of Radiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Siu-Wan HungDepartment of Radiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Kun-Yuan ChiuDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Jyh-Wen ChaiDepartment of Radiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Jin-Ching LinInstitute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.; linjc2022@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimThis study aimed to compare the prostate volume (PV) and prostate-specific antigen density (PSAD) obtained using the ellipsoid volume formula or segmentation methods on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and further predict prostate cancer (PCa). PATIENTS AND

methodsRetrospectively, the enrolled patients underwent prostate MRI and had PSA levels between 4 and 10 ng/ml. The PV was measured with both the ellipsoid volume formula (PVe) and the segmentation method (PVs). The transitional zone volume (TZV) was measured with the segmentation method. The PSADe, PSADs, and PSAD_TZV were calculated. Bland-Altman plots were used to compare the agreements. ROC curve analysis was used to compare the diagnostic accuracies to predict PCa. The results were also compared between the PCa and the no-PCa groups, and among tumors with different locations and different Gleason scores (GS).

resultsSeventy-six of the 117 enrolled patients were classified into the PCa group. There were high agreements between PVs and PVe as well as between PSADs and PSADe, while several outliers were mainly due to post-transurethral resection of the prostate changes and irregular hyperplastic nodules. The diagnostic accuracy of PSADe (AUC: 0.732) was slightly higher than that of PSADs (AUC: 0.729) and PSAD_TZV (AUC: 0.715). The PSADe and PSADs were not different among different tumor locations but were higher in GS ≥7 lesions (both p=0.006).

conclusionThe segmentation method can be an alternative method to measure PV and calculate PSAD before prostate biopsy, particularly in post-transurethral resection of the prostate patients or those with irregular hyperplastic nodules.

Indexed as

Prostate-Specific AntigenTransurethral Resection of ProstateHumansHyperplasiaMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleProstateRetrospective StudiesProstate-Specific Antigenmagnetic resonance imagingProstate cancerprostate-specific antigen densitysegmentation method

Identifiers

PMID36881046
PMCPMC10026687

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.