The diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer: a review

MS Litwin, HJ Tan - Jama, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosis made in men with more
than 160 000 new cases each year in the United States. Although it often has an indolent …

The impact of comorbidity on cancer and its treatment

D Sarfati, B Koczwara, C Jackson - CA: a cancer journal for …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Comorbidity is common among cancer patients and,
with an aging population, is becoming more so. Comorbidity potentially affects the …

Oligometastatic prostate cancer: definitions, clinical outcomes, and treatment considerations

JJ Tosoian, MA Gorin, AE Ross, KJ Pienta… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
The oligometastatic state has been proposed as an intermediate stage of cancer spread
between localized disease and widespread metastases. With improvements in diagnostic …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence and mortality of prostate cancer and their relationship with the Human Development Index worldwide

SA Hassanipour-Azgomi… - Prostate …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence and mortality of prostate
cancer and their relationship with the Human Development Index (HDI) and its components …

Dose-escalated irradiation and overall survival in men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer

A Kalbasi, J Li, AT Berman, S Swisher-McClure… - JAMA …, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance In 5 published randomized clinical trials, dose-escalated external-beam
radiation therapy (EBRT) for prostate cancer resulted in improved biochemical and local …

Utilizing time‐driven activity‐based costing to understand the short‐and long‐term costs of treating localized, low‐risk prostate cancer

AA Laviana, AM Ilg, D Veruttipong, HJ Tan, MA Burke… - Cancer, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Given the costs of delivering care for men with prostate cancer remain
poorly described, this article reports the results of time‐driven activity‐based costing …

Natural history of surgically treated high-risk prostate cancer

A Briganti, RJ Karnes, G Gandaglia, M Spahn… - … Oncology: Seminars and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background No data exist on the patterns of biochemical recurrence (BCR) and their effect
on survival in patients with high-risk prostate cancer (PCa) treated with surgery. The aim of …

Clinical applications of liquid biopsy in prostate cancer: from screening to predictive biomarker

F Ionescu, J Zhang, L Wang - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Liquid biopsy (LB), encompassing the analysis of circulating tumor
material in the blood or urine, has emerged as a powerful tool in the management of …

Thyroid nodule evaluation and management in older adults: a review of practical considerations for clinical endocrinologists

NS Ospina, M Papaleontiou - Endocrine Practice, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective Contextualizing the evaluation of older adults with thyroid nodules is necessary to
fully understand which management strategy is the most appropriate. Our goal was to …

Expectant management for men with early stage prostate cancer

CP Filson, LS Marks, MS Litwin - CA: a cancer journal for …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Since the dissemination of prostate‐specific antigen
screening, most men with prostate cancer are now diagnosed with localized, low‐risk …