2016
Weighing Risk of Cardiovascular Mortality Against Potential Benefit of Hormonal Therapy in Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer
Lester-Coll N, Johnson S, Magnuson W, Goldhaber S, Sher D, D'Amico A, Yu J. Weighing Risk of Cardiovascular Mortality Against Potential Benefit of Hormonal Therapy in Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2016, 109: djw281. PMID: 28040795, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djw281.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntermediate-risk prostate cancerQuality-adjusted life yearsHormone therapyHistory of myocardial infarctionCardiac risk factorsBiochemical failureProstate cancerRadiation therapyCardiac riskProbability of biochemical failureMonths of hormone therapyRisk factorsMyocardial infarctionYears of follow-upBenefits of HTRisk of cardiovascular mortalityDisease recurrence riskCardiac risk groupsComparing quality-adjusted life-yearsYoung menRecurrence riskFollow-upRisk groupsCardiovascular mortalityLow riskNational trends and determinants of proton therapy use for prostate cancer: A National Cancer Data Base study
Mahal B, Chen Y, Efstathiou J, Muralidhar V, Hoffman K, Yu J, Feng F, Beard C, Martin N, Orio P, Nguyen P. National trends and determinants of proton therapy use for prostate cancer: A National Cancer Data Base study. Cancer 2016, 122: 1505-1512. PMID: 26970022, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29960.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProton therapy useProstate cancerProton therapyTherapy useIncreasing use of proton therapyMultivariable adjustmentUse of proton therapyNational Cancer Data BaseLong-term follow-upExternal beam radiotherapyMultivariate logistic regression analysisHigh-grade diseaseNonmetastatic prostate cancerFactors associated with receiptNationwide cancer registryLogistic regression analysisBeam radiotherapyDefinitive therapyOncological therapyNonacademic centersTreated patientsClinical factorsFollow-upProstateCancer Registry
2015
US radiation oncology practice patterns for posttreatment survivor care
Koontz B, Benda R, De Los Santos J, Hoffman K, Huq M, Morrell R, Sims A, Stevens S, Yu J, Chen R. US radiation oncology practice patterns for posttreatment survivor care. Practical Radiation Oncology 2015, 6: 50-56. PMID: 26603597, DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2015.10.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurvivorship care plansCare planningImplementation of survivorship care plansCare of cancer patientsElectronic medical record systemPrimary care providersPhase of careMedical record systemFollow-upRadiation Oncology membersSurvivorship careEligible providersCancer survivorsCare providersNutrition servicesKey barriersCurative intent patientsCare patternsLength of follow-upElectronic surveyImprove communicationOncology practiceCareProfessional guidelinesPractice patterns