2019
Underutilization of Androgen Deprivation Therapy with External Beam Radiotherapy in Men with High-grade Prostate Cancer
Wang C, Raldow A, Nickols N, Nguyen P, Spratt D, Dess R, Yu J, King C, Chu F, Chamie K, Litwin M, Saigal C, Reiter R, Liu S, Rettig M, Chang A, Steinberg M, Kupelian P, Kishan A. Underutilization of Androgen Deprivation Therapy with External Beam Radiotherapy in Men with High-grade Prostate Cancer. European Urology Oncology 2019, 4: 327-330. PMID: 31411981, DOI: 10.1016/j.euo.2019.01.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConcomitant androgen deprivation therapyAndrogen deprivation therapyExternal beam radiotherapyDefinitive external beam radiotherapyHigh-grade prostate cancerGleason grade groupProstate cancerBeam radiotherapyDeprivation therapyGG 4NHW menDuration of androgen deprivation therapyAA menPopulation-based retrospective studyProstate cancer patientsMultiple randomized trialsNon-HispanicInverse probability treatmentSurvival benefitNon-Hispanic white menRetrospective studyRandomized trialsGrade groupRadiotherapyProbability treatment
2014
Stereotactic body radiosurgery versus intensity modulated radiotherapy for prostate cancer: Comparison of toxicity.
Yu J, Cramer L, Herrin J, Soulos P, Potosky A, Gross C. Stereotactic body radiosurgery versus intensity modulated radiotherapy for prostate cancer: Comparison of toxicity. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2014, 32: 89-89. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2014.32.4_suppl.89.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStereotactic body radiosurgeryGU complicationsProstate cancerSBRT patientsIMRT patientsGU toxicityRate of complicationsRetrospective observational studyBladder outlet obstructionHigh cure ratesRandom-effects modelCost of treatmentOutlet obstructionUrinary incontinenceTreatment initiationRetrospective studyCure rateUrethral strictureDiagnosis codesPrimary treatmentObservational studyRadiation therapyMean costMedicare beneficiariesPatients