2020
Quantifying treatment selection bias effect on survival in comparative effectiveness research: findings from low-risk prostate cancer patients
Miccio JA, Talcott WJ, Jairam V, Park HS, Yu JB, Leapman MS, Johnson SB, King MT, Nguyen PL, Kann BH. Quantifying treatment selection bias effect on survival in comparative effectiveness research: findings from low-risk prostate cancer patients. Prostate Cancer And Prostatic Diseases 2020, 24: 414-422. PMID: 32989262, DOI: 10.1038/s41391-020-00291-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate cancer-specific survivalLow-risk prostate cancerExternal beam radiotherapyTreatment selection biasOverall survivalRadical prostatectomyProstate cancerOS differenceLow-risk prostate cancer patientsCancer-specific survivalEnd Results (SEER) databaseProstate cancer patientsClinical trial designEffectiveness researchComparative effectiveness researchPropensity-score matchingMethodsThe SurveillanceTreatment guidelinesResults databaseEntire cohortResultsA totalCancer patientsTreatment modalitiesNational registryPatient managementNational trends in the management of patients with positive surgical margins at radical prostatectomy
Ghabili K, Park HS, Yu JB, Sprenkle PC, Kim SP, Nguyen KA, Ma X, Gross CP, Leapman MS. National trends in the management of patients with positive surgical margins at radical prostatectomy. World Journal Of Urology 2020, 39: 1141-1151. PMID: 32562045, DOI: 10.1007/s00345-020-03298-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAndrogen deprivation therapyPositive surgical marginsUse of ADTPost-prostatectomy radiation therapyRadiation therapySurgical marginsRadical prostatectomyInitial courseNode-negative prostate cancerPost-operative radiation therapyMultivariable logistic regression modelNational Cancer DatabaseAdverse pathologic featuresManagement of patientsPost-operative managementLogistic regression modelsDeprivation therapySurgical cancersPrimary endpointRT useSecondary endpointsPathologic characteristicsPathologic featuresUninsured statusCancer Database
2017
Point: Which Treatment Modality for Localized Prostate Cancer Yields Superior Quality of Life: Radiotherapy or Prostatectomy? Quality of Life is Better After Modern Radiotherapy Compared With Surgery.
Yu J, Hamstra D. Point: Which Treatment Modality for Localized Prostate Cancer Yields Superior Quality of Life: Radiotherapy or Prostatectomy? Quality of Life is Better After Modern Radiotherapy Compared With Surgery. Oncology 2017, 31: 830-2, 835. PMID: 29179251.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
Analysis of pathologic extent of disease for clinically localized prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy and subsequent use of adjuvant radiation in a national cohort
Schreiber D, Rineer J, Yu J, Olsheski M, Nwokedi E, Schwartz D, Choi K, Rotman M. Analysis of pathologic extent of disease for clinically localized prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy and subsequent use of adjuvant radiation in a national cohort. Cancer 2010, 116: 5757-5766. PMID: 20737571, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25561.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate-specific antigenClinically localized prostate cancerPositive surgical marginsLocalized prostate cancerAdjuvant radiationRadical prostatectomySurgical marginsProstate cancerPathologic extentRate of organ-confined diseaseProstate-specific antigen levelRisk of extraprostatic extensionPatterns of care studyOrgan-confined diseaseNegative surgical marginsEnd Results databaseLogistic regression analysisPopulation-based studyExtraprostatic diseaseExtraprostatic extensionGleason 7Gleason 8Postoperative radiationProstatic adenocarcinomaResults databaseAdjuvant radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy: Evidence and analysis
Raldow A, Hamstra D, Kim S, Yu J. Adjuvant radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy: Evidence and analysis. Cancer Treatment Reviews 2010, 37: 89-96. PMID: 20667660, DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2010.07.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget volumeIncreased risk of cancer recurrencePositive surgical marginsSeminal vesicle invasionTreatment target volumeLocalized prostate cancerRisk of cancer recurrenceSigns of recurrenceTreatment of patientsTechnical aspects of treatmentDecrease side effectsRandomized clinical trialsUndetectable PSAAdjuvant radiotherapyAdjuvant settingDose escalationExtracapsular extensionRadical prostatectomySurgical marginsRadiation therapyProstate cancerPathological examinationClinical outcomesCure rateCancer recurrenceSalvage external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy: current status and controversy.
Raldow A, Hamstra D, Kim S, Yu J. Salvage external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy: current status and controversy. Oncology 2010, 24: 692-700, 702. PMID: 20718248.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSalvage radiation therapyAdjuvant radiation therapyRadical prostatectomyProstate cancerRadiation therapyPost-operative adjuvant radiation therapyBiochemical recurrence of prostate cancerImmediate adjuvant radiation therapySalvage external beam radiotherapyEvidence of recurrent diseaseRecurrence of prostate cancerExternal beam radiotherapyCause of cancer deathRadiotherapy volumeBeam radiotherapyBiochemical recurrenceRecurrent diseaseRandomized trialsCancer deathProstatectomySide effectsProstatePatientsCancerRadiotherapy