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ReviewCancers2023

Aggressive Prostate Cancer in Patients Treated with Active Surveillance.

Yoichiro Tohi, Takuma Kato, Mikio Sugimoto

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Prostate cancer burden in South Asia: A systematic analysis of global burden of disease data (1990-2021).International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association · 2025
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yoichiro TohiDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3884-8915
Takuma KatoDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan.
Mikio SugimotoDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan.
Kagawa University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Active surveillance has emerged as a promising approach for managing low-risk and favorable intermediate-risk prostate cancer (PC), with the aim of minimizing overtreatment and maintaining the quality of life. However, concerns remain about identifying "aggressive prostate cancer" within the active surveillance cohort, which refers to cancers with a higher potential for progression. Previous studies are predictors of aggressive PC during active surveillance. To address this, a personalized risk-based follow-up approach that integrates clinical data, biomarkers, and genetic factors using risk calculators was proposed. This approach enables an efficient risk assessment and the early detection of disease progression, minimizes unnecessary interventions, and improves patient management and outcomes. As active surveillance indications expand, the importance of identifying aggressive PC through a personalized risk-based follow-up is expected to increase.

Indexed as

active surveillanceaggressive prostate cancerfavorable intermediate-risk prostate cancerlow-risk prostate cancer

Identifiers

PMID37686546
PMCPMC10486407
OpenAlexW4386220395

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