An international field study of the EORTC QLQ-PR25: a questionnaire for assessing the health-related quality of life of patients with prostate cancer

G Van Andel, A Bottomley, SD Fosså, F Efficace… - European journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
AIM: To evaluate the psychometrics of the EORTC QLQ-PR25, a questionnaire assessing
the health-related quality of life of prostate cancer patients. METHODS: The QLQ-PR25 and …

Outcomes of localized prostate cancer following conservative management

GL Lu-Yao, PC Albertsen, DF Moore, W Shih, Y Lin… - Jama, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Context Most newly diagnosed prostate cancers are clinically localized, and major treatment
options include surgery, radiation, or conservative management. Although conservative …

Focal therapy for localised unifocal and multifocal prostate cancer: a prospective development study

HU Ahmed, RG Hindley, L Dickinson… - The lancet …, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Radical whole-gland therapy can lead to significant genitourinary and rectal
side-effects for men with localised prostate cancer. We report on whether selective focal …

Cancer screening in the United States, 2009: a review of current American Cancer Society guidelines and issues in cancer screening

RA Smith, V Cokkinides… - CA: a cancer journal for …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Each year, the American Cancer Society (ACS) publishes a report summarizing its
recommendations for early cancer detection, data and trends in cancer screening rates, and …

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 …

Screening for prostate cancer

RM Hoffman - New England Journal of Medicine, 2011 - Mass Medical Soc
Key Clinical Points Prostate-Cancer Screening The introduction of prostate-specific antigen
(PSA) testing has nearly doubled the lifetime risk of receiving a diagnosis of prostate cancer …

Functional outcomes and complications following radiation therapy for prostate cancer: a critical analysis of the literature

L Budäus, M Bolla, A Bossi, C Cozzarini, J Crook… - European urology, 2012 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: Prostate cancer (PCa) patients have many options within the realms of surgery
or radiation therapy (RT). Technical advancements in RT planning and delivery have …

The evolution of brachytherapy for prostate cancer

NG Zaorsky, BJ Davis, PL Nguyen… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Brachytherapy (BT), using low-dose-rate (LDR) permanent seed implantation or
high-dose-rate (HDR) temporary source implantation, is an acceptable treatment option for …

Risk assessment for prostate cancer metastasis and mortality at the time of diagnosis

MR Cooperberg, JM Broering… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background Although many tools for the assessment of prostate cancer risk have been
published, most are designed to predict only biochemical recurrence, usually after a single …

Comparative risk‐adjusted mortality outcomes after primary surgery, radiotherapy, or androgen‐deprivation therapy for localized prostate cancer

MR Cooperberg, AJ Vickers, JM Broering, PR Carroll… - Cancer, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Because no adequate randomized trials have compared active treatment
modalities for localized prostate cancer, the authors analyzed risk‐adjusted, cancer‐specific …