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PIONEER Publications

Clinical Characterization of Patients Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer and Undergoing Conservative Management: A PIONEER Analysis Based on Big Data. European Urology_Online ahead of print

Unanswered questions in prostate cancer – findings of an international multi-stakeholder consensus by the PIONEER consortium. Nat Rev Urol 2023;20(8): 494-501

A Systematic Review to Evaluate Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) for Metastatic Prostate Cancer According to the COnsensus-Based Standard for the Selection of Health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) Methodology. Cancers 2022;14(20) 5120

How well do polygenic risk scores identify men at high risk for prostate cancer? Systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Genitourinary Cancer 2022; published online ahead of print

Secondary Treatment for Men with Localized Prostate Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of PRIAS and ERSPC-Rotterdam Data within the PIONEER Data Platform. J Pers Med 2022; 12(5): 751

Diagnostic and prognostic factors (DPFs) in patients with prostate cancer: a systematic review defining which DPFs are available in relation to the  previously defined PIONEER COS. BMJ Open 2022; 12(4): e058267

Updating and Integrating Core Outcome Sets for Localised, Locally Advanced, Metastatic, and Nonmetastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer: An Update from the PIONEER Consortium. Eur Urol 2022 Feb Online ahead of print

Diagnostic and prognostic factors in patients with prostate cancer: a systematic review protocol with the final aim being to develop an online search tool to present the DPFs identified. BMJ Open. 2021; 11(2): e040531

Standardising the Assessment of Patient-reported Outcome Measures in Localised Prostate Cancer. A Systematic Review by the PIONEER consortium. Eur Urol Oncol 2021 Nov Online ahead of print

The Key Role of Patient Involvement in the Development of Core Outcome Sets in Prostate Cancer. Read about our experience in patient engagment in PIONEER. Eur Urol Focus 2021 Sep;7(5):943-946

For a detailed overview of the PIONEER consortium, the project objectives and data sources read our latest Nature Reviews Urology editorial. Nature Reviews Urology 2020 June; 17: 351-362

EU initiative on Digital Transformation of Health & Care aims to provide the conditions necessary for building a secure, flexible, and decentralized digital health infrastructure. Genome Medicine 2020; 12:18

PIONEER Policy Paper 1: Key issues and recommendations for the development PIONEER prostate cancer evidence framework. Public deliverable 2019.

How the PIONEER project will unlock the power of big data and big data analytics to transform the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer in Health Europa Quarterly. Issue 8 of Health Europa Quarterly

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