2006
Quality of Life and Pain in Advanced Stage Prostate Cancer: Results of a Southwest Oncology Group Randomized Trial Comparing Docetaxel and Estramustine to Mitoxantrone and Prednisone
Berry D, Moinpour C, Jiang C, Ankerst D, Petrylak D, Vinson L, Lara P, Jones S, Taplin M, Burch P, Hussain M, Crawford E. Quality of Life and Pain in Advanced Stage Prostate Cancer: Results of a Southwest Oncology Group Randomized Trial Comparing Docetaxel and Estramustine to Mitoxantrone and Prednisone. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2006, 24: 2828-2835. PMID: 16782921, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.04.8207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPain palliationMP armProstate cancerMcGill Pain Questionnaire-Short FormPrimary patient-reported outcomesPain Questionnaire-Short FormPresent Pain Intensity scaleAndrogen-independent prostate cancerAdvanced stage prostate cancerProstate cancer moduleMedian overall survivalLife Questionnaire C30Cancer Core QualityPatient-reported outcomesSuperior clinical efficacyDisease-related symptomsStage prostate cancerPain intensity scaleQuality of lifeRandom assignmentQuestionnaire-Short FormBone painDE armAnalgesic useEligible patients
1999
Which patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer need a computed tomography scan of the abdomen and pelvis? An analysis based on 588 patients
Lee N, Newhouse J, Olsson C, Benson M, Petrylak D, Schiff P, Bagiella E, Malyszko B, Ennis R. Which patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer need a computed tomography scan of the abdomen and pelvis? An analysis based on 588 patients. Urology 1999, 54: 490-494. PMID: 10475360, DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(99)00150-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive CT scanGleason scoreComputed tomography scanCT scanClinical stageProstate cancerIndependent predictorsTomography scanSerum prostate-specific antigen levelProstate-specific antigen levelClinical stage T2bLow-risk patientsBiopsy Gleason scoreGleason score 8Negative CT scanAbdominopelvic CT scansGleason score 2Low-risk groupSignificant independent predictorsProstate cancer biopsiesStage T2bPathologic reviewStaging evaluationPositive CTAntigen levels
1995
Changing pattern of expression of the epidermal growth factor receptor and transforming growth factor alpha in the progression of prostatic neoplasms.
Scher H, Sarkis A, Reuter V, Cohen D, Netto G, Petrylak D, Lianes P, Fuks Z, Mendelsohn J, Cordon-Cardo C. Changing pattern of expression of the epidermal growth factor receptor and transforming growth factor alpha in the progression of prostatic neoplasms. Clinical Cancer Research 1995, 1: 545-50. PMID: 9816014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpidermal growth factor receptorTGF-alpha expressionTGF-alphaGrowth factor alphaGrowth factor receptorFactor alphaPattern of expressionEpithelial cellsProstate cancer cell growthAutocrine/paracrine interactionsStaining patternRole of EGFRAndrogen-independent tumorsFactor receptorUntreated primary tumorsMalignant prostate epithelial cellsAndrogen-independent diseaseImmunohistochemical staining patternHomogeneous staining patternProstate cancer progressionMalignant epithelial cellsPrimary prostate tumorsCancer cell growthAndrogen-independent conditionGrowth factor pathways
1993
Cytotoxic chemotherapy for advanced hormone‐resistant prostate cancer
Yagoda A, Petrylak D. Cytotoxic chemotherapy for advanced hormone‐resistant prostate cancer. Cancer 1993, 71: 1098-1109. PMID: 7679039, DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19930201)71:3+<1098::aid-cncr2820711432>3.0.co;2-g.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntineoplastic AgentsBone NeoplasmsCisplatinClinical Trials as TopicCoumarinsDoxorubicinDrug Administration ScheduleDrug ResistanceFluorouracilHumansIntercalating AgentsMaleMethotrexateNeoplasm StagingPolyaminesProstate-Specific AntigenProstatic NeoplasmsRemission InductionSomatostatinConceptsDrug trialsAdvanced hormone-resistant prostate cancerHormone-resistant prostate cancerObjective response rateCombination of vinblastineMost cytotoxic agentsReliable disease markersNew drug trialsProstate cancer cellsCurrent reviewNew therapeutic agentsPartial remissionVisceral metastasesAdvanced adenocarcinomaCytotoxic chemotherapyObjective responseContinuous infusionNonresponsive tumorsMarginal efficacyHormonal manipulationProstate cancerNew agentsResponse rateCytotoxic drugsTherapeutic agents