Andrew J Vickers

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1 Assessing the performance of prediction models: a framework for traditional and novel measures. Epidemiology 2010 14.07
2 Chronic kidney disease after nephrectomy in patients with renal cortical tumours: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet Oncol 2006 8.61
3 Comparative risk-adjusted mortality outcomes after primary surgery, radiotherapy, or androgen-deprivation therapy for localized prostate cancer. Cancer 2010 5.22
4 Prostate-specific antigen and prostate cancer: prediction, detection and monitoring. Nat Rev Cancer 2008 4.15
5 Empirical study of data sharing by authors publishing in PLoS journals. PLoS One 2009 4.09
6 Prostate cancer-specific mortality after radical prostatectomy for patients treated in the prostate-specific antigen era. J Clin Oncol 2009 3.74
7 Long-term prediction of prostate cancer up to 25 years before diagnosis of prostate cancer using prostate kallikreins measured at age 44 to 50 years. J Clin Oncol 2007 3.72
8 Needle biopsies on autopsy prostates: sensitivity of cancer detection based on true prevalence. J Natl Cancer Inst 2007 3.70
9 Long-term prediction of prostate cancer: prostate-specific antigen (PSA) velocity is predictive but does not improve the predictive accuracy of a single PSA measurement 15 years or more before cancer diagnosis in a large, representative, unscreened population. J Clin Oncol 2008 3.50
10 Preparing raw clinical data for publication: guidance for journal editors, authors, and peer reviewers. BMJ 2010 3.38
11 Low annual caseloads of United States surgeons conducting radical prostatectomy. J Urol 2009 3.04
12 Prediction of significant prostate cancer diagnosed 20 to 30 years later with a single measure of prostate-specific antigen at or before age 50. Cancer 2010 2.90
13 Transparent Reporting of a multivariable prediction model for Individual Prognosis or Diagnosis (TRIPOD): explanation and elaboration. Ann Intern Med 2015 2.71
14 Surgeon experience is strongly associated with biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy for all preoperative risk categories. J Urol 2008 2.57
15 Preparing raw clinical data for publication: guidance for journal editors, authors, and peer reviewers. Trials 2010 2.54
16 Poorly differentiated prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy: long-term outcome and incidence of pathological downgrading. J Urol 2006 2.50
17 Prostate-specific antigen at or before age 50 as a predictor of advanced prostate cancer diagnosed up to 25 years later: a case-control study. BMC Med 2008 2.39
18 Prognostic significance of location of positive margins in radical prostatectomy specimens. Urology 2007 2.23
19 Multi-institutional study of symptomatic deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in prostate cancer patients undergoing laparoscopic or robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. Eur Urol 2007 2.19
20 A simple schema for informed decision making about prostate cancer screening. Ann Intern Med 2014 2.12
21 Pretreatment prostate-specific antigen (PSA) velocity and doubling time are associated with outcome but neither improves prediction of outcome beyond pretreatment PSA alone in patients treated with radical prostatectomy. J Clin Oncol 2009 2.05
22 Cost effectiveness analysis of a randomised trial of acupuncture for chronic headache in primary care. BMJ 2004 2.03
23 Comparison of outcomes in elective partial vs radical nephrectomy for clear cell renal cell carcinoma of 4-7 cm. BJU Int 2006 2.00
24 Variations among experienced surgeons in cancer control after open radical prostatectomy. J Urol 2010 1.93
25 Decision curve analysis: a discussion. Med Decis Making 2008 1.87
26 Evaluation of multiple risk-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms versus prostate-specific antigen at baseline to predict prostate cancer in unscreened men. Eur Urol 2011 1.85
27 Prostate cancer screening: facts, statistics, and interpretation in response to the US Preventive Services Task Force Review. J Clin Oncol 2012 1.82
28 Prostate cancer: estimating the benefits of PSA screening. Nat Rev Urol 2009 1.76
29 Impact of renal impairment on eligibility for adjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. Cancer 2006 1.75
30 Definition of biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy does not substantially impact prognostic factor estimates. J Urol 2010 1.66
31 Oncologic outcome after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: 10 years of experience. Eur Urol 2008 1.66
32 Risk-based prostate cancer screening. Eur Urol 2011 1.64
33 Acupuncture in the treatment of upper-limb lymphedema: results of a pilot study. Cancer 2013 1.62
34 Age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity score is associated with treatment decisions and clinical outcomes for patients undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer. Cancer 2008 1.62
35 Massage therapy for symptom control: outcome study at a major cancer center. J Pain Symptom Manage 2004 1.60
36 Critical review of prostate cancer predictive tools. Future Oncol 2009 1.57
37 Standardization of pelvic lymphadenectomy performed at radical cystectomy: can we establish a minimum number of lymph nodes that should be removed? Cancer 2006 1.53
38 Immediate effects of dry needling and acupuncture at distant points in chronic neck pain: results of a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled crossover trial. Pain 2002 1.53
39 A case-mix-adjusted comparison of early oncological outcomes of open and robotic prostatectomy performed by experienced high volume surgeons. BJU Int 2013 1.51
40 How do you know if you are any good? A surgeon performance feedback system for the outcomes of radical prostatectomy. Eur Urol 2011 1.50
41 Comparison of three different tools for prediction of seminal vesicle invasion at radical prostatectomy. Eur Urol 2012 1.50
42 Is it necessary to remove the seminal vesicles completely at radical prostatectomy? decision curve analysis of European Society of Urologic Oncology criteria. J Urol 2008 1.50
43 A systematic review of the volume-outcome relationship for radical prostatectomy. Eur Urol 2013 1.48
44 Assessing the incremental value of diagnostic and prognostic markers: a review and illustration. Eur J Clin Invest 2011 1.46
45 Pilot randomized controlled trial of individual meaning-centered psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer. J Clin Oncol 2012 1.44
46 Evaluating the PCPT risk calculator in ten international biopsy cohorts: results from the Prostate Biopsy Collaborative Group. World J Urol 2011 1.42
47 Double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor during postoperative radiotherapy for squamous head and neck cancer. Cancer J 2006 1.42
48 Activator protein-1 transcription factors are associated with progression and recurrence of prostate cancer. Cancer Res 2008 1.42
49 Net reclassification improvement and decision theory. Stat Med 2009 1.41
50 Treatment paradigm shift may improve survival of patients with high risk superficial bladder cancer. J Urol 2007 1.41
51 Reducing systematic review to a cut and paste. Forsch Komplementmed 2010 1.40
52 Can one blood draw replace transrectal ultrasonography-estimated prostate volume to predict prostate cancer risk? BJU Int 2013 1.39
53 Association of cysteine-rich secretory protein 3 and beta-microseminoprotein with outcome after radical prostatectomy. Clin Cancer Res 2007 1.38
54 Blood biomarker levels to aid discovery of cancer-related single-nucleotide polymorphisms: kallikreins and prostate cancer. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2010 1.35
55 FCGR2A polymorphism is correlated with clinical outcome after immunotherapy of neuroblastoma with anti-GD2 antibody and granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor. J Clin Oncol 2006 1.32
56 Predictive and prognostic models in radical prostatectomy candidates: a critical analysis of the literature. Eur Urol 2010 1.30
57 Preoperative and postoperative nomograms incorporating surgeon experience for clinically localized prostate cancer. Cancer 2009 1.29
58 Tumor markers in prostate cancer I: blood-based markers. Acta Oncol 2011 1.28
59 Acupuncture for pain and dysfunction after neck dissection: results of a randomized controlled trial. J Clin Oncol 2010 1.27
60 Reverse stage shift at a tertiary care center: escalating risk in men undergoing radical prostatectomy. Cancer 2011 1.26
61 Making raw data more widely available. BMJ 2011 1.25
62 Fellowship training as a modifier of the surgical learning curve. Acad Med 2010 1.24
63 Do the data support the comorbidity hypothesis for the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial results? J Clin Oncol 2011 1.24
64 Acupuncture for tension-type headache: a multicentre, sham-controlled, patient-and observer-blinded, randomised trial. J Headache Pain 2007 1.22
65 The association between total and positive lymph node counts, and disease progression in clinically localized prostate cancer. J Urol 2006 1.20
66 Susceptibility loci associated with prostate cancer progression and mortality. Clin Cancer Res 2010 1.19
67 High prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine use among cancer patients: implications for research and clinical care. J Clin Oncol 2005 1.18
68 Empirical estimates of the lead time distribution for prostate cancer based on two independent representative cohorts of men not subject to prostate-specific antigen screening. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2010 1.18
69 Statistical methods to correct for verification bias in diagnostic studies are inadequate when there are few false negatives: a simulation study. BMC Med Res Methodol 2008 1.14
70 Improved clinical outcome in recent years for men with metastatic nonseminomatous germ cell tumors. J Clin Oncol 2007 1.13
71 Evaluation of markers and risk prediction models: overview of relationships between NRI and decision-analytic measures. Med Decis Making 2013 1.13
72 Prostate-specific antigen velocity: new methods, same results, still no evidence of clinical utility. Eur Urol 2013 1.12
73 Does the net reclassification improvement help us evaluate models and markers? Ann Intern Med 2014 1.12
74 Prediction models: revolutionary in principle, but do they do more good than harm? J Clin Oncol 2011 1.10
75 Music therapy for mood disturbance during hospitalization for autologous stem cell transplantation: a randomized controlled trial. Cancer 2003 1.09
76 Radical prostatectomy shortly after prostate biopsy does not affect operative difficulty or efficacy. Urology 2007 1.08
77 The surgical learning curve for artificial urinary sphincter procedures compared to typical surgeon experience. Eur Urol 2011 1.06
78 Complementary therapies and integrative oncology in lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition). Chest 2007 1.01
79 A phase I/II trial of a polysaccharide extract from Grifola frondosa (Maitake mushroom) in breast cancer patients: immunological effects. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2009 1.01
80 Importance of prostate volume in the European Randomised Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) risk calculators: results from the prostate biopsy collaborative group. World J Urol 2011 1.00
81 Electronic patient self-assessment and management (SAM): a novel framework for cancer survivorship. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2010 0.98
82 Clinical characteristics of bladder cancer in patients previously treated with radiation for prostate cancer. BJU Int 2006 0.98
83 Prostate Cancer Early Detection, Version 2.2015. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2015 0.98
84 Characteristics of acupuncture treatment associated with outcome: an individual patient meta-analysis of 17,922 patients with chronic pain in randomised controlled trials. PLoS One 2013 0.98
85 Placebo controls in randomized trials of acupuncture. Eval Health Prof 2002 0.97
86 Comparison of free and total forms of serum human kallikrein 2 and prostate-specific antigen for prediction of locally advanced and recurrent prostate cancer. Clin Chem 2006 0.95
87 Sixty years of CA: a cancer journal for clinicians. CA Cancer J Clin 2010 0.95
88 Cancer-specific survival and predictors of prostate-specific antigen recurrence and survival in patients with seminal vesicle invasion after radical prostatectomy. Cancer 2006 0.95
89 Evaluating the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial High Grade Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator in 10 international biopsy cohorts: results from the Prostate Biopsy Collaborative Group. World J Urol 2012 0.94
90 Overexpression of c-MYC promotes an undifferentiated phenotype in cultured astrocytes and allows elevated Ras and Akt signaling to induce gliomas from GFAP-expressing cells in mice. Neuron Glia Biol 2004 0.94
91 Comparison of models to predict clinical failure after radical prostatectomy. Cancer 2009 0.92
92 Levels of beta-microseminoprotein in blood and risk of prostate cancer in multiple populations. J Natl Cancer Inst 2012 0.92
93 Cutpoints in clinical chemistry: time for fundamental reassessment. Clin Chem 2008 0.91
94 Pelvic lymph node dissection for patients with elevated risk of lymph node invasion during radical prostatectomy: comparison of open, laparoscopic and robot-assisted procedures. J Endourol 2011 0.89
95 Temporary renal ischemia during nephron sparing surgery is associated with short-term but not long-term impairment in renal function. J Urol 2006 0.89
96 Risk assessment for biochemical recurrence prior to radical prostatectomy: significant enhancement contributed by human glandular kallikrein 2 (hK2) and free prostate specific antigen (PSA) in men with moderate PSA-elevation in serum. Int J Cancer 2006 0.87
97 Re: Comparative effectiveness of prostate cancer treatments: evaluating statistical adjustments for confounding in observational data. J Natl Cancer Inst 2011 0.87
98 Association of cancer with moderately impaired renal function at baseline in a large, representative, population-based cohort followed for up to 30 years. Int J Cancer 2013 0.86
99 Comparison of observed biochemical recurrence-free survival in patients with low PSA values undergoing radical prostatectomy and predictions of preoperative nomogram. Urology 2009 0.86
100 Longitudinal risk of upper tract recurrence following radical cystectomy for urothelial cancer and the potential implications for long-term surveillance. J Urol 2007 0.85
101 The role of comparative effectiveness research in transfusion medicine clinical trials: proceedings of a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute workshop. Transfusion 2012 0.85
102 A safety and efficacy pilot study of acupuncture for the treatment of chronic lymphoedema. Acupunct Med 2011 0.85
103 Modified technique for neurovascular bundle preservation during radical prostatectomy: association between technique and recovery of erectile function. BJU Int 2008 0.85
104 Anatomy of accessory pudendal arteries in laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. J Urol 2005 0.83
105 Assessing the clinical benefit of nuclear matrix protein 22 in the surveillance of patients with nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer and negative cytology: a decision-curve analysis. Cancer 2011 0.83
106 Prostate-specific antigen test for prostate cancer screening: American Society of Clinical Oncology provisional clinical opinion. J Oncol Pract 2012 0.82
107 Intra-individual short-term variability of prostate-specific antigen and other kallikrein markers in a serial collection of blood from men under evaluation for prostate cancer. BJU Int 2010 0.82
108 Re: an empirical evaluation of guidelines on prostate-specific antigen velocity in prostate cancer detection. J Natl Cancer Inst 2011 0.82
109 Prostate cancer: why is PSA velocity such a sticky concept? Nat Rev Urol 2013 0.82
110 Primer: using decision analysis to improve clinical decision making in urology. Nat Clin Pract Urol 2006 0.82
111 Evaluation of prediagnostic prostate-specific antigen dynamics as predictors of death from prostate cancer in patients treated conservatively. Int J Cancer 2011 0.81
112 Evaluation of molecular forms of prostate-specific antigen and human kallikrein 2 in predicting biochemical failure after radical prostatectomy. Int J Cancer 2009 0.81
113 Urological cancer: Time for another rethink on prostate cancer screening. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2011 0.81
114 Complementary and alternative therapies. Urol Clin North Am 2003 0.81
115 Editorial comment. Urology 2011 0.80
116 Incorporating predictions of individual patient risk in clinical trials. Urol Oncol 2004 0.80
117 Risk of cancer-specific mortality following recurrence after radical nephroureterectomy. Ann Surg Oncol 2012 0.78
118 Predictors of survival in patients with disease recurrence after radical nephroureterectomy. BJU Int 2014 0.78
119 Rapid elimination kinetics of free PSA or human kallikrein-related peptidase 2 after initiation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone-antagonist treatment of prostate cancer: potential for rapid monitoring of treatment responses. Clin Chem Lab Med 2012 0.78
120 The Lake Wobegon Effect: Why Most Patients Are at Below-Average Risk. Ann Intern Med 2015 0.78
121 Prospective randomized evaluation of risk-adapted prostate-specific antigen screening in young men: the PROBASE trial. Eur Urol 2013 0.76
122 Editorial comment on: Impact of surgical volume on the rate of lymph node metastases in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy and extended pelvic lymph node dissection for clinically localized prostate cancer. Eur Urol 2008 0.76
123 The continuing role of prostate-specific antigen as a marker for localized prostate cancer: 'do not throw the baby out with the bath water'. BJU Int 2009 0.76
124 PSA is dead, long live PSA. Eur Urol 2011 0.75
125 Soy: an anticancer agent in wide use despite some troubling data. Cancer Invest 2003 0.75
126 New Prognostic Markers: The Pathway from Research to Clinical Practice. Grand rounds Urol 2009 0.75
127 A personalized automated messaging system to improve adherence to prostate cancer screening: research protocol. JMIR Res Protoc 2012 0.75
128 In reply. JAMA Intern Med 2013 0.75
129 Radical prostatectomy versus observation for prostate cancer. N Engl J Med 2012 0.75
130 Informed decision making about prostate cancer screening. Ann Intern Med 2015 0.75
131 Editorial comment. J Urol 2012 0.75
132 Book review: Offit P. Do You Believe in Magic? HarperCollins, New York, 2013 Offit P . Do You Believe in Magic? HarperCollins , New York , 2013 . Clin Trials 2014 0.75
133 Reply to Re: The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Recommendations for Prostate Cancer Screening. Urology 2016 0.75