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
2017
Travel distance and stereotactic body radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer
Mahal B, Chen Y, Sethi R, Padilla O, Yang D, Chavez J, Muralidhar V, Hu J, Feng F, Hoffman K, Martin N, Spratt D, Yu J, Orio P, Nguyen P. Travel distance and stereotactic body radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer. Cancer 2017, 124: 1141-1149. PMID: 29231964, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31190.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStereotactic body radiotherapyProstate stereotactic body radiotherapyNational Cancer Data BaseLocalized prostate cancerShort-term efficacyProstate cancerTreated with definitive external beam radiotherapyDefinitive external beam radiotherapyDefinitive stereotactic body radiotherapyLong-term clinical implicationsFavorable disease characteristicsExternal beam radiotherapyAssociated with increased adjusted oddsMultivariate logistic regressionAcademic treatment centerAffluent zip codesBeam radiotherapyTreatment optionsDisease characteristicsRadiotherapyAdjusted oddsTreatment decisionsWhite raceYounger ageJoinpoint regression