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Competing mortality in patients diagnosed with bladder cancer: evidence of undertreatment in the elderly and female patients by Noon, A P, Albertsen, P C, Thomas, F, Rosario, D J, Catto, J W F

“…Background: Bladder cancer (BC) predominantly affects the elderly and is often the cause of death among patients with muscle-invasive disease. Clinicians lack…”
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Prostate Cancer and the Will Rogers Phenomenon by Albertsen, Peter C., Hanley, James A., Barrows, George H., Penson, David F., Kowalczyk, Pam D. H., Sanders, M. Melinda, Fine, Judith

“…Background: Information on tumor stage and grade are used to assess cancer prognosis and to produce standardized comparisons of end results over time. Changes…”
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Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment After the Introduction of Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening: 1986–2005 by Welch, H. Gilbert, Albertsen, Peter C.

“…Background Although there is uncertainty about the effect of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening on the rate of prostate cancer death, there is little…”
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Urinary and Sexual Function After Radical Prostatectomy for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: The Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study by Stanford, Janet L, Feng, Ziding, Hamilton, Ann S, Gilliland, Frank D, Stephenson, Robert A, Eley, J. William, Albertsen, Peter C, Harlan, Linda C, Potosky, Arnold L

“…CONTEXT Patients with prostate cancer and their physicians need knowledge of treatment options and their potential complications, but limited data on…”
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Single-therapy androgen suppression in men with advanced prostate cancer : A systematic review and meta-analysis by SEIDENFELD, J, SAMSON, D. J, HASSELBLAD, V, ARONSON, N, ALBERTSEN, P. C, BENNETT, C. L, WILT, T. J

“…To compare luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists with orchiectomy or diethylstilbestrol, and to compare antiandrogens with any of these three…”
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Competing Risk Analysis of Men Aged 55 to 74 Years at Diagnosis Managed Conservatively for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer by Albertsen, Peter C, Hanley, James A, Gleason, Donald F, Barry, Michael J

“…CONTEXT.— The appropriate therapy for men with localized prostate cancer is uncertain. Until results of clinical trials are available, men and their physicians…”
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Health Outcomes After External-Beam Radiation Therapy for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: Results From the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study by HAMILTON, A. S, STANFORD, J. L, GILLILAND, F. D, ALBERTSEN, P. C, STEPHENSON, R. A, HOFFMAN, R. M, ELEY, J. W, HARLAN, L. C, POTOSKY, A. L

“…Studies reporting effects of radiotherapy for prostate cancer on sexual, bowel, and urinary function have been conducted primarily in referral centers or…”
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Comparison of Recommendations by Urologists and Radiation Oncologists for Treatment of Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer by Fowler, Jr, Floyd J, McNaughton Collins, Mary, Albertsen, Peter C, Zietman, Anthony, Elliott, Diana B, Barry, Michael J

“…CONTEXT Multiple treatment options are available for men with prostate cancer, but therapeutic recommendations may differ depending on the type of specialist…”
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Suitability of PSA-detected localised prostate cancers for focal therapy: experience from the ProtecT study by Catto, J W F, Robinson, M C, Albertsen, P C, Goepel, J R, Abbod, M F, Linkens, D A, Davis, M, Rosario, D J, Warren, A Y, Varma, M, Griffiths, D F, Grigor, K M, Mayer, N J, Oxley, J D, Deshmukh, N S, Lane, J A, Metcalfe, C, Donovan, J L, Neal, D E, Hamdy, F C

“…Background: Contemporary screening for prostate cancer frequently identifies small volume, low-grade lesions. Some clinicians have advocated focal prostatic…”
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Prostate Cancer Practice Patterns and Quality of Life: the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study by Potosky, Arnold L., Harlan, Linda C., Stanford, Janet L., Gilliland, Frank D., Hamilton, Ann S., Albertsen, Peter C., Eley, J. William, Liff, Jonathan M., Deapen, Dennis, Stephenson, Robert A., Legler, Julie, Ferrans, Carol E., Talcott, James A., Litwin, Mark S.

“…Potosky et al present the rationale and objectives for the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS) and to describe how the study fills a critical gap in the…”
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A comparison of cause of death determination in men previously diagnosed with prostate cancer who died in 1985 or 1995 by Albertsen, P C, Walters, S, Hanley, J A

“…We quantified the agreement between the underlying cause of death determination from information in hospital medical records and on death certificates, and…”
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Quality-of-Life Outcomes After Primary Androgen Deprivation Therapy: Results From the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study by POTOSKY, Arnold L, KNOPF, Kevin, CLEGG, Limin X, ALBERTSEN, Peter C, STANFORD, Janet L, HAMILTON, Ann S, GILLILAND, Frank D, ELEY, J. William, STEPHENSON, Robert A, HOFFMAN, Richard M

“…To compare health-related quality-of-life outcomes after primary androgen deprivation (AD) therapy with orchiectomy versus luteinizing hormone-releasing…”
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Factors Associated With Initial Therapy for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study by Harlan, Linda C., Potosky, Arnold, Gilliland, Frank D., Hoffman, Richard, Albertsen, Peter C., Hamilton, Ann S., Eley, J. W., Stanford, Janet L., Stephenson, Robert A.

“…Background: Because of the lack of results from randomized clinical trials comparing the efficacy of aggressive therapies with that of more conservative…”
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Follow-up Prostate Cancer Treatments After Radical Prostatectomy: a Population-Based Study by Lu-Yao, Grace L., Potosky, Arnold L., Albertsen, Peter C., Wasson, John H., Barry, Michael J., Wennberg, John E.

“…Background Radical prostatectomy is one of the most commonly used curative procedures for the treatment of localized prostate cancer. The probability that a…”
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Determining Cause of Death in Prostate Cancer: Are Death Certificates Valid? by Penson, David F., Albertsen, Peter C., Nelson, Peter S., Barry, Michael, Stanford, Janet L.

“…U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services,2000.(3) Office of Health Statistics,Research andTechnology,National Center for Health Statistics. Instruction…”
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Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in human prostate cancer: in situ and in vitro expression of VEGF by human prostate cancer cells by Ferrer, F A, Miller, L J, Andrawis, R I, Kurtzman, S H, Albertsen, P C, Laudone, V P, Kreutzer, D L

“…A growing body of literature supports the role of angiogenesis in the development and spread of a variety of human cancers including prostate cancer (Pca)…”
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Estimating treatment benefits for the elderly : The effect of competing risks by WELCH, H. G, ALBERTSEN, P. C, NEASE, R. F, BUBOLZ, T. A, WASSON, J. H

“…To fully involve patients in treatment decisions, physicians need to communicate future health prospects that patients will have both with and without newly…”
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Mortality After Radical Prostatectomy or External Beam Radiotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer by HOFFMAN, Richard M, KOYAMA, Tatsuki, PENSON, David F, FAN, Kang-Hsien, ALBERTSEN, Peter C, BARRY, Michael J, GOODMAN, Michael, HAMILTON, Ann S, POTOSKY, Arnold L, STANFORD, Janet L, STROUP, Antoinette M

“…No randomized trials have compared survival outcomes for men with localized prostate cancer (PC) being treated with radical prostatectomy (RP) or external beam…”
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The impact of co-morbidity on life expectancy among men with localized prostate cancer by Albertsen, P C, Fryback, D G, Storer, B E, Kolon, T F, Fine, J

“…We evaluated 3 indexes used to assess patient co-morbidities to determine whether they could predict mortality among men with clinically localized prostate…”
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Angiogenesis and Prostate Cancer: In vivo and In vitro Expression of Angiogenesis Factors by Prostate Cancer Cells by Ferrer, Fernando A, Miller, Lauri J, Andrawis, Ramez I, Kurtzman, Scott H, Albertsen, Peter C, Laudone, Vincent P, Kreutzer, Donald L

“…Objectives. Recently, it was confirmed that angiogenesis is important in the development and spread of a variety of human cancers, including prostate cancer…”
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