Search Results - "POTOSKY, A. L"

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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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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Bevacizumab use and risk of cardiovascular adverse events among elderly patients with colorectal cancer receiving chemotherapy: a population-based study by Tsai, H.-T., Marshall, J.L., Weiss, S.R., Huang, C.-Y., Warren, J.L., Freedman, A.N., Fu, A.Z., Sansbury, L.B., Potosky, A.L.

“…Cardiovascular risk attributable to bevacizumab (Avastin®, BEV) for treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) remains unclear. We conducted a…”
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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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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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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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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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Stage at Diagnosis and Treatment Patterns Among Older Women With Breast Cancer: An HMO and Fee-for-Service Comparison by Riley, Gerald F, Potosky, Arnold L, Klabunde, Carrie N, Warren, Joan L, Ballard-Barbash, Rachel

“…CONTEXT Few studies have compared patterns of care in health maintenance organization (HMO) and fee-for-service (FFS) settings. OBJECTIVE To examine breast…”
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Impact of Cancer on Health-Related Quality of Life of Older Americans by Reeve, Bryce B., Potosky, Arnold L., Smith, Ashley Wilder, Han, Paul K., Hays, Ron D., Davis, William W., Arora, Neeraj K., Haffer, Samuel C., Clauser, Steven B.

“…Background The impact of cancer on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is poorly understood because of the lack of baseline HRQOL status before cancer…”
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Stage of cancer at diagnosis for Medicare HMO and fee-for-service enrollees by Riley, G F, Potosky, A L, Lubitz, J D, Brown, M L

“…Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) with Medicare contracts often provide cancer screening and preventive services not covered under fee-for-service. This…”
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The Association between Health Care Coverage and the Use of Cancer Screening Tests: Results from the 1992 National Health Interview Survey by Potosky, Arnold L., Breen, Nancy, Graubard, Barry I., Parsons, P. Ellen

“…Objectives. The authors investigated whether utilization of six different cancer screening tests (mammography, clinical breast exam, Pap smear, Fecal Occult…”
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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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Impact of Screening on Incidence and Mortality of Prostate Cancer in the United States by Potosky, Arnold L., Feuer, Eric J., Levin, David L.

“…The potential confounding influence of changing treatment patterns and misattribution bias make a definitive conclusion about the link between PSA screening…”
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Breast Cancer Survival and Treatment in Health Maintenance Organization and Fee-for-Service Settings by Potosky, Arnold L., Merrill, Ray M., Ballard-Barbash, Rachel, Riley, Gerald F., Taplin, Stephen H., Barlow, William, Fireman, Bruce H.

“…Background: Enrollment in health maintenance organizations (HMOs) has increased rapidly during the past 10 years, reflecting a growing emphasis on health care…”
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Risk of cardiovascular adverse events from trastuzumab (Herceptin®) in elderly persons with breast cancer: a population-based study by Tsai, H.-T., Isaacs, C., Fu, A. Z., Warren, J. L., Freedman, A. N., Barac, A., Huang, C.-Y., Potosky, A. L.

“…Randomized controlled trials have reported a 4–5 times increased risk of heart failure (HF) in breast cancer patients receiving trastuzumab (Herceptin ® )…”
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Changing Trends in U.S. Prostate Cancer Incidence Rates by Merrill, Ray M., Potosky, Arnold L., Feuer, Eric J.

“…From 1989 through 1992, age-adjusted prostate cancer incidence rates increased dramatically in the US, largely due to the widespread use of prostate-specific…”
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Prostate cancer screening : what we know and what we need to know by KRAMER, B. S, BROWN, M. L, PROROK, P. C, POTOSKY, A. L, GOHAGAN, J. K

“…To critically evaluate the evidence for recommending the screening of asymptomatic men for prostate cancer with a blood test to detect a prostate-specific…”
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