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Comparative Effectiveness of Cancer Control and Survival after Robot-Assisted versus Open Radical Prostatectomy by Hu, Jim H, O’Malley, Padraic, Chughtai, Bilal, Isaacs, Abby, Mao, Jialin, Wright, Jason D, Hershman, Dawn, Sedrakyan, Art

“…Purpose Robot-assisted surgery has been rapidly adopted in the U.S. for prostate cancer. Its adoption has been driven by market forces and patient preference,…”
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Quality of life, pain and return to normal activities following laparoscopic donor nephrectomy versus open mini-incision donor nephrectomy by Perry, Kent T, Freedland, Stephen J, Hu, Jim C, Phelan, Michael W, Kristo, Blaine, Gritsch, Albin H, Rajfer, Jacob, Schulam, Peter G

“…We evaluated pain, convalescence and health related quality of life in patients undergoing laparoscopic and open mini-incision donor nephrectomy. We compared…”
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Regret in men treated for localized prostate cancer by Hu, Jim C, Kwan, Lorna, Saigal, Christopher S, Litwin, Mark S

“…We identify the predictors of medical regret in men treated for localized prostate cancer. Patients previously treated for early stage prostate cancer were…”
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Marital Status and Survival in Patients With Cancer by AIZER, Ayal A, CHEN, Ming-Hui, HU, Jim C, NGUYEN, Paul L, MCCARTHY, Ellen P, MENDU, Mallika L, KOO, Sophia, WILHITE, Tyler J, GRAHAM, Powell L, CHOUEIRI, Toni K, HOFFMAN, Karen E, MARTIN, Neil E

“…To examine the impact of marital status on stage at diagnosis, use of definitive therapy, and cancer-specific mortality among each of the 10 leading causes of…”
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Effect of Depression on Diagnosis, Treatment, and Mortality of Men With Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer by PRASAD, Sandip M, EGGENER, Scott E, LIPSITZ, Stuart R, IRWIN, Michael R, GANZ, Patricia A, HU, Jim C

“…Although demographic, clinicopathologic, and socioeconomic differences may affect treatment and outcomes of prostate cancer, the effect of mental health…”
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Cancer-Specific Outcomes Among Young Adults Without Health Insurance by AIZER, Ayal A, FALIT, Benjamin, NGUYEN, Paul L, MENDU, Mallika L, CHEN, Ming-Hui, CHOUEIRI, Toni K, HOFFMAN, Karen E, HU, Jim C, MARTIN, Neil E, TRINH, Quoc-Dien, ALEXANDER, Brian M

“…The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) will likely improve insurance coverage for most young adults, but subsets of young adults in the United…”
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A unifying theory of a posteriori error control for nonconforming finite element methods by CARSTENSEN, C, HU, Jim

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Utilization and Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Radical Prostatectomy by HU, Jim C, QIN WANG, PASHOS, Chris L, LIPSITZ, Stuart R, KEATING, Nancy L

“…Demand for minimally invasive radical prostatectomy (MIRP) to treat prostate cancer is increasing; however, outcomes remain unclear. We assessed utilization,…”
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Radical prostatectomy vs radiotherapy vs observation among older patients with clinically localized prostate cancer: a comparative effectiveness evaluation by Sun, Maxine, Sammon, Jesse D., Becker, Andreas, Roghmann, Florian, Tian, Zhe, Kim, Simon P., Larouche, Alexandre, Abdollah, Firas, Hu, Jim C., Karakiewicz, Pierre I., Trinh, Quoc‐Dien

“…Objective To compare efficacy between radical prostatectomy (RP), radiotherapy and observation with respect to overall survival (OS) in patients with…”
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Delivering High-Quality and Affordable Care Throughout the Cancer Care Continuum by TINA SHIH, Ya-Chen, GANZ, Patricia A, SCHNIPPER, Lowell, ABERLE, Denise, ABERNETHY, Amy, BEKELMAN, Justin, BRAWLEY, Otis, GOODWIN, James S, HU, Jim C, SCHRAG, Deborah, TEMEL, Jennifer S

“…The national cost of cancer care is projected to reach $173 billion by 2020, increasing from $125 billion in 2010. This steep upward cost trajectory has placed…”
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Inappropriate utilization of radiographic imaging in men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer in the United States by Prasad, Sandip M., Gu, Xiangmei, Lipsitz, Stuart R., Nguyen, Paul L., Hu, Jim C.

“…BACKGROUND: The use of radiographic imaging (bone scan and computerized tomography) is only recommended for men diagnosed with high‐risk prostate cancer…”
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Time to prostate‐specific antigen nadir independently predicts overall survival in patients who have metastatic hormone‐sensitive prostate cancer treated with androgen‐deprivation therapy by Choueiri, Toni K., Xie, Wanling, D'Amico, Anthony V., Ross, Robert W., Hu, Jim C., Pomerantz, Mark, Regan, Meredith M., Taplin, Mary‐Ellen, Kantoff, Philip W., Sartor, Oliver, Oh, William K.

“…BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to evaluate the relation between the kinetics of prostate‐specific antigen (PSA) decline after the initiation of…”
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Role of Surgeon Volume in Radical Prostatectomy Outcomes by HU, Jim C, GOLD, Karen F, PASHOS, Chris L, MEHTA, Shilpa S, LITWIN, Mark S

“…To examine the effect of hospital and surgeon volume on postoperative outcomes and to determine whether hospital or surgeon volume is the stronger predictor…”
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Epithelium-specific ets transcription factor 2 upregulates cytokeratin 18 expression in pulmonary epithelial cells through an interaction with cytokeratin 18 intron 1 by Yaniw, Deanna, Hu, Jim

“…The role of Ese-2, an Ets family transcription factor, in gene regulation is not known. In this study, the interaction between Ese-2 and cytokeratin 18 (K 18)…”
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Health Care-Associated Infections After Major Cancer Surgery: Temporal Trends, Patterns of Care, and Effect on Mortality by SAMMON, Jesse, TRINH, Vincent Q, HU, Jim C, MENON, Mani, KARAKIEWICZ, Pierre I, TRINH, Quoc-Dien, SUN, Maxine, RAVI, Praful, SUKUMAR, Shyam, GERVAIS, Mai-Kim, SHARIAT, Shahrokh F, LAROUCHE, Alexandre, ZHE TIAN, K, Simon P, KOWALCZYK, Keith J

“…Approximately 1.7 million individuals per year are affected with health care-associated infections (HAIs) in the United States. The authors examined trends in…”
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Down-regulation of IL-8 expression in human airway epithelial cells through helper-dependent adenoviral-mediated RNA interference by Cao, Hui Bi, Wang, Anan, Martin, Bernard, Koehler, David R, Zeitlin, Pamela L, Tanawell, A Keith, Hu, Jim

“…Interleukin (IL)-8 is a potent neutrophil chemotactic factor and a crucial mediator in neutrophil-dependent inflammation. Various cell types produce IL-8,…”
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Population-based Comparative Effectiveness of Salvage Radical Prostatectomy vs Cryotherapy: SPECIAL ISSUE ON BENIGN AND MALIGNANT DISEASE OF THE PROSTATE by FRIEDLANDER, David F, XIANGMEI GU, PRASAD, Sandip M, LIPSITZ, Stuart R, NGUYEN, Paul L, TRINH, Quoc-Dien, SUN, Maxine, HU, Jim C

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Trends in the care of radical prostatectomy in the United States from 2003 to 2006 by Williams, Stephen B., Prasad, Sandip M., Weinberg, Aaron C., Shelton, Jeremy B., Hevelone, Nathanael D., Lipsitz, Stuart R., Hu, Jim C.

“…Study Type – Therapy (outcomes research) 
Level of Evidence 2b What’s known on the subject? and What does the study add? There is an increasing trend of…”
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Predicting quality of life after radical prostatectomy: results from CaPSURE by Hu, Jim C, Elkin, Eric P, Pasta, David J, Lubeck, Deborah P, Kattan, Michael W, Carroll, Peter R, Litwin, Mark S

“…We investigated the usefulness of patient and tumor characteristics in predicting continence, potency, and physical and mental health 1 year after radical…”
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Population‐based determinants of radical prostatectomy surgical margin positivity by Williams, Stephen B., D’Amico, Anthony V., Weinberg, Aaron C., Gu, Xiangmei, Lipsitz, Stuart R., Hu, Jim C.

“…Study Type – Prognosis (cohort)
Level of Evidence 2b What’s known on the subject? and What does the study add? Prior population and single‐centre studies have…”
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