Prostate-specific antigen–based screening for prostate cancer: evidence report and systematic review for the US Preventive Services Task Force

JJ Fenton, MS Weyrich, S Durbin, Y Liu, H Bang… - Jama, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among US men.
Objective To systematically review evidence on prostate-specific antigen (PSA)–based …

Quality of life outcomes after primary treatment for clinically localised prostate cancer: a systematic review

M Lardas, M Liew, RC van den Bergh, M De Santis… - European urology, 2017 - Elsevier
Context Current evidence-based management for clinically localised prostate cancer
includes active surveillance, surgery, external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) and …

Screening for prostate cancer: a review of the evidence for the US Preventive Services Task Force

R Chou, JM Croswell, T Dana, C Bougatsos… - Annals of internal …, 2011 - acpjournals.org
Background: Screening can detect prostate cancer at earlier, asymptomatic stages, when
treatments might be more effective. Purpose: To update the 2002 and 2008 US Preventive …

Sexual function in men older than 50 years of age: results from the health professionals follow-up study

CG Bacon, MA Mittleman, I Kawachi… - Annals of internal …, 2003 - acpjournals.org
Background: Although many studies have provided data on erectile dysfunction in specific
settings, few studies have been large enough to precisely examine age-specific prevalence …

Cancer and sexual problems

R Sadovsky, R Basson, M Krychman… - The journal of sexual …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Introduction There are many data on sexual problems subsequent to cancer and its
treatment, although the likelihood of problems in specific individuals depends on multiple …

A randomized clinical trial of group-based cognitive-behavioral stress management in localized prostate cancer: development of stress management skills improves …

FJ Penedo, I Molton, JR Dahn, BJ Shen… - Annals of Behavioral …, 2006 - Springer
Background: Recent literature has indicated that a significant percentage of oncology
patients describe finding some benefit (eg, improved personal growth, sense of meaning …

Impact of cancer on health-related quality of life of older Americans

BB Reeve, AL Potosky, AW Smith… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background The impact of cancer on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is poorly
understood because of the lack of baseline HRQOL status before cancer diagnosis. To our …

Quality of life after surgery, external beam irradiation, or brachytherapy for early‐stage prostate cancer

MS Litwin, JL Gore, L Kwan, JM Brandeis, SP Lee… - Cancer, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND. The primary treatments for clinically localized prostate cancer confer
equivalent cancer control for most patients but disparate side effects. In the current study, the …

Comparison of health-related quality of life 5 years after SPIRIT: Surgical Prostatectomy Versus Interstitial Radiation Intervention Trial

JM Crook, A Gomez-Iturriaga, K Wallace… - Journal of Clinical …, 2011 - ascopubs.org
Purpose The American College of Surgeons Oncology Group phase III Surgical
Prostatectomy Versus Interstitial Radiation Intervention Trial comparing radical …

[HTML][HTML] Gastrointestinal radiation injury: prevention and treatment

AK Shadad, FJ Sullivan, JD Martin… - World journal of …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
With the recent advances in detection and treatment of cancer, there is an increasing
emphasis on the efficacy and safety aspects of cancer therapy. Radiation therapy is a …