Andrew Vickers

@VickersBiostats

Biostatistician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Special interest in prostate cancer, risk prediction, patient-reported outcomes, decision-making.

New York mskcc.org/profile/andrew… Joined February 2020

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Andrew Vickers @VickersBiostats Oct 12

Lymphocele cited as major reason in guidelines to avoid LND in prostate cancer. Here we show most almost all lymphoceles (42/43) come from Cloquet's node, which should not be removed during LND. auajournals.org/doi/10.1097/JU…

www.auajournals.org Anatomical Mapping of Lymphatic Leakage Leading to Symptomatic Lymphoceles Formation After Pelvic... Purpose:The role of pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) during radical prostatectomy (RP) remains controversial. PLND morbidity, particulary lymphocele formation, is the main argument against PLND,...

Andrew Vickers @VickersBiostats Oct 6

mm pattern 4 on biopsy far superior predictor of prostate cancer outcome than stage, grade, PSA, cores. We show using mm criteria rather than "favorable intermediate risk" would increase the number of US men eligible for active surveillance by >50,000. bjui-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bj…

bjui-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com Gleason pattern 4 length and active surveillance eligibility in Grade Group 2–4 prostate cancer Objectives To evaluate whether total Gleason pattern 4 (GP4) length provides better risk stratification than current risk group criteria for determining potential active surveillance (AS) eligibili...

Andrew Vickers @VickersBiostats Oct 5

"When we tell a patient they have prostate cancer, we mean the pathologist has looked at prostate biopsy cores under a microscope and saw areas without a basal cell layer; what the patient hears, however, is something entirely different" academic.oup.com/jnci/advance-a…

academic.oup.com Helping patients make better choices by relabeling pattern 3 prostate disease as noncancerous I have sat in consulting rooms listening to my surgeon colleagues explain to a patient their diagnosis, prognosis, and recommended management. Every time,

Andrew Vickers @VickersBiostats Sep 21

Empirical evidence pattern 3 prostate disease does not meet the ordinary language definition of "cancer". It cannot “invade and destroy” local structures; recurrence is due to residual tissue.
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www.auajournals.org Advanced Stage and Biochemical Recurrence of Grade Group 1 Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostate...

Andrew Vickers @VickersBiostats Sep 21

WSJ: MCED "Proven to save lives". Any statisticians / early cancer detection experts want to join me in an editorial in say, Statistics in Medicine, about what the data prove about the economy? wsj.com/opinion/a-grai…

www.wsj.com Opinion | A Grail Cancer Test for the FDA The multi-cancer blood test is proven to increase early detection that can save lives.