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Five-Year Outcomes After Prostatectomy or Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer: The Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study by Potosky, Arnold L., Davis, William W., Hoffman, Richard M., Stanford, Janet L., Stephenson, Robert A., Penson, David F., Harlan, Linda C.

“…Background: Men treated for clinically localized prostate cancer with either radical prostatectomy or external beam radiotherapy usually survive many years…”
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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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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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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Advanced-Stage Prostate Cancer: the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study by Hoffman, Richard M., Gilliland, Frank D., Eley, J. William, Harlan, Linda C., Stephenson, Robert A., Stanford, Janet L., Albertson, Peter C., Hamilton, Ann S., Hunt, W. Curtis, Potosky, Arnold L.

“…Background: African-Americans have twice the risk of non-Hispanic whites for presenting with advanced-stage prostate cancer. To investigate the reasons for…”
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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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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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Patterns of care for women with ovarian cancer in the United States by Muñoz, K A, Harlan, L C, Trimble, E L

“…To characterize treatments for ovarian cancer, to determine if recommended staging and treatment were provided, and to determine factors that influence receipt…”
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Factors Associated With Surgical and Radiation Therapy for Early Stage Breast Cancer in Older Women by Ballard-Barbash, Rachel, Potosky, Arnold L., Harlan, Linda C., Nayfield, Susan G., Kessler, Larry G.

“…Background: In addition to demographic and health care-related characteristics, the age and physiologic status of women at the time of breast cancer diagnosis…”
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Cervical cancer screening: who is not screened and why? by Harlan, L C, Bernstein, A B, Kessler, L G

“…The decline in death rates from cervical cancer in the United States has been widely attributed to the use of Papanicolaou (Pap) smears for early detection of…”
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Food and nutrient intake differences between smokers and non-smokers in the US by Subar, A.F. (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD), Harlan, L.C, Mattson, M.E

“…Data from the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were analyzed to determine food and nutrient intake differences between current smokers…”
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Demographic, clinical, and treatment trends among women diagnosed with vulvar cancer in the United States by Stroup, A.M, Harlan, L.C, Trimble, E.L

“…Abstract Objective. Describe the treatment and survival patterns among a population-based sample of vulvar cancer patients diagnosed in the United States in…”
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The positive yield of imaging studies in the evaluation of men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer: a population based analysis by Albertsen, P C, Hanley, J A, Harlan, L C, Gilliland, F D, Hamilton, A, Liff, J M, Stanford, J L, Stephenson, R A

“…We determine the positive yield of imaging studies performed on men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer. A prospective, population based survey was conducted…”
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Design and serendipity in establishing a large cohort with wide dietary intake distributions: The National Institutes of Health-American Association of retired Persons diet and health study by SCHATZKIN, Arthur, SUBAR, Amy F, FREEDMAN, Laurence S, BROWN, Charles C, MIDTHUNE, Douglas, KIPNIS, Victor, THOMPSON, Frances E, HARLAN, Linda C, TANGREA, Joseph, HOLLENBECK, Albert R, HURWITZ, Paul E, COYLE, Linda, SCHUSSLER, Nicki, MICHAUD, Dominique S

“…In 1995-1996, the authors mailed a food frequency questionnaire to 3.5 million American Association of Retired Persons members who were aged 50-69 years and…”
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Food choices of whites, blacks, and Hispanics: data from the 1987 National Health Interview Survey by Patterson, B H, Harlan, L C, Block, G, Kahle, L

“…Dietary guidelines posit an association between diet and cancer. Different cancer mortality rates among whites, blacks, and Hispanics may be related to…”
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Health Outcomes After Prostatectomy or Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer: Results From the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study by Potosky, Arnold L., Legler, Julie, Albertsen, Peter C., Stanford, Janet L., Gilliland, Frank D., Hamilton, Ann S., Eley, J. William, Stephenson, Robert A., Harlan, Linda C.

“…Background: Radical prostatectomy and external beam radiotherapy are the two major therapeutic options for treating clinically localized prostate cancer…”
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Racial differences in endometrial cancer survival: The black/white cancer survival study by A. Hill, Holly, William Eley, J., C. Harlan, Linda, S. Greenberg, Raymond, J. Barrett, Rolland, W. Chen, Vivien

“…To identify factors that explain a lower survival rate among black women with endometrial cancer when compared to white women. Data are from the National…”
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The economic impact of injuries: a major source of medical costs by Harlan, L C, Harlan, W R, Parsons, P E

“…Data from the 1980 National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey were analyzed to place the costs for injuries in the context of all medical costs…”
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Trends and Black/White Differences in Treatment for Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer by Klabunde, Carrie N., Potosky, Arnold L., Harlan, Linda C., Kramer, Barnett S.

“…Objectives. Controversy and uncertainty surround use of radical prostatectomy, radiation therapy, and conservative symptomatic management in treating elderly…”
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Breast cancer among black and white women in the 1980s. Changing patterns in the United States by race, age, and extent of disease by Swanson, G M, Ragheb, N E, Lin, C S, Hankey, B F, Miller, B, Horn-Ross, P, White, E, Liff, J M, Harlan, L C, McWhorter, W P

“…This national study of breast cancer incidence and mortality was conducted to determine whether patterns of change differ for black and white women, to…”
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Anatomic site distribution of colon cancer by race and other colon cancer risk factors by Coates, R J, Greenberg, R S, Liu, M T, Correa, P, Harlan, L C, Reynolds, P, Fenoglio-Preiser, C M, Haynes, M A, Hankey, B F, Hunter, C P

“…Black patients with colon cancer are more likely to have poorer survival from colon cancer than are white patients. To determine whether anatomic site…”
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