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Brown GC, Brown MM, Sharma S. Preference-based comparison of quality of life associated with vision loss in Black and White ophthalmic populations in the US. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY 2024; 59:24-30. [PMID: 36427536 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2022.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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PURPOSE Utilities are preference-based estimates, typically ranging from 1.00 (normal health) to 0.00 (death), that quantify the quality-of-life improvement associated with a health care intervention. In conjunction with length-of-life gain, depending on the intervention, they measure total interventional value gain in quality-adjusted life years that can be integrated with costs in cost-utility analysis. We believed it relevant to ascertain whether race was a differentiating factor confounding utilities related to vision. METHODS An analysis of cross-sectional data obtained from consecutive Black and White ophthalmic outpatients from the Wills Eye Hospital (Philadelphia, PA.) practices who participated in a long-standing time trade-off (TTO) vision utility study from 1999 to 2016 was undertaken. Each participant was interviewed by a researcher using a previously validated and reliable TTO vision utility acquisition instrument and assigned to 1 of 5 vision categories according to acuity in the best-seeing eye. Utility outcomes were compared using both the 2-sided t test and the Mann-Whitney U test. RESULTS Eleven hundred and twenty-five consecutive patients able to successfully answer the questions were included. For vision of 20/200-20/800, White/Black mean vision utilities were, respectively, 0.58/0.59 (p = 0.84); for vision of 20/70-20/100, they were, respectively, 0.72/0.70 (p = 0.85); for vision of 20/50-20/60, they were, respectively, 0.78/0.79 (p = 0.86); for vision of 20/25-20/50, they were, respectively, 0.84/0.88 (p = 0.16); and for vision of 20/20, they were, respectively, 0.91/0.90 (p = 0.43). CONCLUSIONS TTO vision utilities in Black and White ophthalmic patient cohorts were alike at various levels of visual acuity. This suggests a similar quality of life and that TTO vision utilities used in cost-utility analysis do not require adjustment for race in Black and White ophthalmic populations in the US.
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- Gary C Brown
- Center for Value-Based Medicine, Hilton Head, SC; Wills Eye Hospital, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
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- Center for Value-Based Medicine, Hilton Head, SC; Wills Eye Hospital, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, ON
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Badal S, Aiken W, Morrison B, Valentine H, Bryan S, Gachi A, Ragin C. Disparities in prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates: Solvable or not? Prostate 2020; 80:3-16. [PMID: 31702061 PMCID: PMC8378246 DOI: 10.1002/pros.23923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Prostate cancer (PCa) is recognized as a disease possessing not only great variation in its geographic and racial distribution but also tremendous variation in its potential to cause morbidity and death and it, therefore, ought not to be considered a homogenous disease entity. Morbidity and death from PCa are disproportionately higher in men of African ancestry (MAA) who are generally observed to have more aggressive disease and worse outcomes following treatment compared to men of European ancestry (MEA). The higher rates of PCa among MAA relative to MEA appear to be multifactorial and related to inherent differences in biological aggressiveness; a continued lack of awareness of the disease and methods of prevention; a lower prevalence of screen-detected PCa; comparatively lower access to quality healthcare as well as systemic and institutionalized disparities in the administration of optimal care to MAA in developed countries such as the United States of America where high-quality care is available. Even when access to quality healthcare is assured in equal access settings, it appears that MAA still have worse outcomes after PCa treatment stage-for-stage and grade-for-grade compared to MEA, suggesting that, inherent racial, ethnic and biological differences are paramount in predicting poor outcomes. This review has explored the different contributing factors to the current disparities in PCa incidence and mortality rates with emphasis on the incongruence in how research has been conducted in understanding the disease towards developing therapies.
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- Simone Badal
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
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- Department of pathology, Aga Khan University Hospital, 3 Avenue, Parklands, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- African Caribbean Cancer Consortium
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Storås AH, Sanda MG, Garin O, Chang P, Patil D, Crociani C, Suarez JF, Cvancarova M, Loge JH, Fosså SD. A prospective study of patient reported urinary incontinence among American, Norwegian and Spanish men 1 year after prostatectomy. Asian J Urol 2019; 7:161-169. [PMID: 32257809 PMCID: PMC7096671 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajur.2019.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Revised: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Objective To compare pre- and post-radical prostatectomy (RP) responses in the urinary incontinence domain of Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite-26 (EPIC-26) in cohorts from the USA, Norway and Spain. Methods A prospective study of pre- and 1-year post-treatment responses in American (n=537), Norwegian (n=520) and Spanish (n=111) patients, establishing the prevalence of urinary incontinence defined according to published dichotomization. Thereafter we focused on the response alternatives “occasional dribbling”, pad use and problem experience. A multivariate logistic regression analysis (significance level ≤ 0.01) considered risk factors for “not retaining total control”. Results Compared to the European men, the American patients were younger, healthier and more presented with lower risk tumors. Before RP no inter-country differences emerged the prevalence of urinary incontinence (6%). One-year post-treatment urinary incontinence was described by 30% of the American and 41% of the European patients, occasional dribbling being the most frequent type of urinary leakage. In the multivariate analysis the risk of “not retaining total control” increased almost 3-fold in European compared to American patients, with age and co-morbidity being additional independent risk factor. Conclusion After RP patients from Spain and Norway reported more unfavorable outcomes by EPIC-26 than the American patients to most of the urinary incontinence items, the difference between the European and American patients remaining in the multivariate analysis. The most frequent post-RP response alternative “occasional dribbling” needs to be validated with pad weighing as “gold standard”.
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- Anne Holck Storås
- Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Urology, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, USA
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- IMIM Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway.,University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway.,University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Clay OJ, Perkins M, Wallace G, Crowe M, Sawyer P, Brown CJ. Associations of Multimorbid Medical Conditions and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older African American Men. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2019; 73:258-266. [PMID: 28658936 DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbx090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Background African American (AA) men battling multiple morbidities are tasked with managing the components of each condition and are at greater risk for adverse outcomes such as poor health-related quality of life (QOL), disability, and higher mortality rates. Method Baseline data for AA men from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging were utilized. Factor analysis was used to categorize medical conditions and create factor scores. Covariate-adjusted regression models assessed the relationships between categories of conditions and physical and mental health-related QOL as assessed by the SF-12. Results The mean age of the sample of 247 AA men was 75.36 years and 49% lived in rural areas. Medical conditions fit into three factors: metabolic syndrome, kidney failure and neurological complications, and COPD and heart disease. Covariate-adjusted models revealed that low education, higher levels of income difficulty, and higher scores on metabolic syndrome and COPD and heart disease factors were associated with lower scores on physical health-related QOL, p's < .05. Higher levels of income difficulty were also associated with lower scores on mental health-related QOL. Discussion These findings suggest the importance of examining clusters of comorbid medical conditions and their relationships to outcomes within older African American men.
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- Olivio J Clay
- Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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- Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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- UAB Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham.,Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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- Birmingham/Atlanta VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC).,Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of this review is to examine prostate cancer racial disparities specific to the African-American population. RECENT FINDINGS African-American men are more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer, present at an earlier age; are more likely to have locally advanced or metastatic disease at diagnosis; and have suboptimal outcomes to standard treatments. Prostate cancer treatment requires a nuanced approach, particularly when applying screening, counseling, and management of African-American men. Oncological as well as functional outcomes may differ and are potentially due to a combination of genetic, molecular, behavioral, and socioeconomic factors.
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- Zachary L Smith
- Department of Surgery, Section of Urology, The University of Chicago Medicine, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 6038, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
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- Department of Surgery, Section of Urology, The University of Chicago Medicine, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 6038, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Tarry Building Room 16-703, 300 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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Tyson MD, Alvarez J, Koyama T, Hoffman KE, Resnick MJ, Wu XC, Cooperberg MR, Goodman M, Greenfield S, Hamilton AS, Hashibe M, Paddock LE, Stroup A, Chen VW, Penson DF, Barocas DA. Racial Variation in Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Treatment for Localized Prostate Cancer: Results from the CEASAR Study. Eur Urol 2016; 72:307-314. [PMID: 27816300 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2016.10.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2016] [Accepted: 10/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Relatively little is known about the relationship between race/ethnicity and patient-reported outcomes after contemporary treatments for localized prostate cancer. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that treatment-related changes in urinary, bowel, sexual, and hormonal function vary by race/ethnicity. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS The Comparative Effectiveness Analysis of Surgery and Radiation (CEASAR) study is a prospective, population-based, observational study that enrolled 3708 men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer in 2011-2012. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Patient-reported disease-specific function was measured using the 26-item Expanded Prostate Index Composite (EPIC) at baseline and 6 and 12 mo after enrollment. Mean treatment differences in function were compared by race using risk-adjusted generalized estimating equations. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS While all race/ethnic groups reported considerable declines in scores for urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy (RP) when compared to active surveillance, African-American men reported a greater difference than white men did (adjusted difference-in-differences 8.4 points, 95% confidence interval 2.0-14.8; p=0.01). No difference in bother scores was noted and the overall proportion of explained variation attributable to race/ethnicity was relatively small in comparison to primary treatment and baseline function. No clinically significant racial variation was noted for the sexual, bowel, irritative voiding, or hormone domains. Limitations include the lack of well-established thresholds for clinical significance using the EPIC instrument. CONCLUSION While these data demonstrate that incontinence at 1 yr after RP may be worse for African-American compared to white men, the difference appears to be modest overall. Treatment selection and baseline function explain a much greater proportion of the variation in function after treatment. PATIENT SUMMARY We observed that the effect of treatment for prostate cancer on patient-reported function did not vary dramatically by race/ethnicity. Compared to white men, African-American men experienced a somewhat more pronounced decline in urinary continence after radical prostatectomy, but the corresponding changes in bother scores were not significantly different between the two groups.
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- Mark D Tyson
- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA; The Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Tennessee Valley Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Nashville, TN, USA
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- School of Public Health, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Center for Health Policy Research and Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- School of Public Health, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; The Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Tennessee Valley Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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Men of African origin are disproportionately affected by prostate cancer: prostate cancer incidence is highest among men of African origin in the USA, prostate cancer mortality is highest among men of African origin in the Caribbean, and tumour stage and grade at diagnosis are highest among men in sub-Saharan Africa. Socioeconomic, educational, cultural, and genetic factors, as well as variations in care delivery and treatment selection, contribute to this cancer disparity. Emerging data on single-nucleotide-polymorphism patterns, epigenetic changes, and variations in fusion-gene products among men of African origin add to the understanding of genetic differences underlying this disease. On the diagnosis of prostate cancer, when all treatment options are available, men of African origin are more likely to choose radiation therapy or to receive no definitive treatment than white men. Among men of African origin undergoing surgery, increased rates of biochemical recurrence have been identified. Understanding differences in the cancer-survivorship experience and quality-of-life outcomes among men of African origin are critical to appropriately counsel patients and improve cultural sensitivity. Efforts to curtail prostate cancer screening will likely affect men of African origin disproportionately and widen the racial disparity of disease.
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Burnett AL. Racial Disparities in Sexual Dysfunction Outcomes After Prostate Cancer Treatment: Myth or Reality? J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2015; 3:154-9. [PMID: 26896115 DOI: 10.1007/s40615-015-0126-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Revised: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Among diverse subject areas in the field of prostate cancer management, treatment-related sexual dysfunction complications persist today as a significant potential problem for all men receiving treatment for this disease. The conjecture that African-American men are disproportionately affected by this problem among ethnic groups is not trivial and warrants attention in view of the possibility that its risk profile, whether real or perceived, may influence clinical management decisions impacting survival outcomes in this high-prostate cancer-risk population. A literature review was performed to define the occurrence and significance of sexual dysfunction after prostate cancer treatment in African-American men, with an emphasis on clinically localized treatment. Data retrieved from population-based as well as single-center investigations are conflicting with regard to the extent and quality of life relevance of sexual dysfunction following prostate cancer treatments in African-American men, relative to that of ethnically different counterparts. Some reports suggest a relatively greater trend in African-American men than other ethnic groups toward obtaining clinical management for sexual dysfunction and experiencing psychosocial effects from it, lending additional support for the possibly greater effect of this problem in African-American men. Although further studies are needed to define sexual dysfunction after prostate cancer treatment and ascertain its bother and impact on quality of life in African-American men, survivorship care that encompasses sexual dysfunction management should proceed with appropriate attention given to cultural, educational, and psychosocial variables.
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- Arthur L Burnett
- Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
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Gupta S, Ding L, Granieri M, Le NB, Peterson AC. Utilization of surgical procedures and racial disparity in the treatment of urinary incontinence after prostatectomy. Neurourol Urodyn 2015; 35:733-7. [DOI: 10.1002/nau.22790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2015] [Revised: 03/05/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Shubham Gupta
- Department of Urology; University of Kentucky; Lexington, Kentucky
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics; Duke University Medical Center; Durham North Carolina
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- Division of Urology; Duke University Medical Center; Durham North Carolina
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- Division of Urology; Duke University Medical Center; Durham North Carolina
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- Division of Urology; Duke University Medical Center; Durham North Carolina
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Hernandez-Cueto A, Hernandez-Cueto D, Antonio-Andres G, Mendoza-Marin M, Jimenez-Gutierrez C, Sandoval-Mejia AL, Mora-Campos R, Gonzalez-Bonilla C, Vega MI, Bonavida B, Huerta-Yepez S. Death receptor 5 expression is inversely correlated with prostate cancer progression. Mol Med Rep 2014; 10:2279-86. [PMID: 25174820 PMCID: PMC4214341 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2014.2504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2013] [Accepted: 06/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Prostate carcinoma (PCa) is one of the most common cancers in men. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) has been widely used to predict the outcome of PCa and screening with PSA has resulted in a decline in mortality. However, PSA is not an optimal prognostic tool as its sensitivity may be too low to reduce morbidity and mortality. Consequently, there is a demand for additional robust biomarkers for prostate cancer. Death receptor 5 (DR5) has been implicated in the prognosis of several cancers and it has been previously shown that it is negatively regulated by Yin Yang 1 (YY1) in prostate cancer cell lines. The present study investigated the clinical significance of DR5 expression in a prostate cancer patient cohort and its correlation with YY1 expression. Immunohistochemical analysis of protein expression distribution was performed using tissue microarray constructs from 54 primary PCa and 39 prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) specimens. DR5 expression was dramatically reduced as a function of higher tumor grade. By contrast, YY1 expression was elevated in PCa tumors as compared with that in PIN, and was increased with higher tumor grade. DR5 had an inverse correlation with YY1 expression. Bioinformatic analyses corroborated these data. The present findings suggested that DR5 and YY1 expression levels may serve as progression biomarkers for prostate cancer.
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- Angeles Hernandez-Cueto
- Immunology and Infection Research Unit, National Medical Center 'La Raza', IMSS, Mexico City 02200, Mexico
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- Oncology Disease Research Unit, Children Hospital of Mexico 'Federico Gomez', Mexico City 06720, Mexico
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- Oncology Disease Research Unit, Children Hospital of Mexico 'Federico Gomez', Mexico City 06720, Mexico
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital General Regional No. 25, IMSS, Mexico City 06720, Mexico
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- Immunology and Infection Research Unit, National Medical Center 'La Raza', IMSS, Mexico City 02200, Mexico
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- Oncology Research Unit, Oncology Hospital, Siglo XXI National Medical Center, IMSS, Mexico City 06720, Mexico
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Oncology Disease Research Unit, Children Hospital of Mexico 'Federico Gomez', Mexico City 06720, Mexico
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Harden J, Sanda MG, Wei JT, Yarandi HN, Hembroff L, Hardy J, Northouse L. Survivorship after prostate cancer treatment: spouses' quality of life at 36 months. Oncol Nurs Forum 2014; 40:567-73. [PMID: 24161635 DOI: 10.1188/13.onf.567-573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To determine the long-term effects of prostate cancer treatment on spouse quality of life (QOL) at 36 months following treatment. DESIGN Descriptive-exploratory; community-based study. SETTING Telephone interviews. SAMPLE 95 female spouses of men treated for early-stage prostate cancer. METHODS A computer-assisted telephone interview was used to evaluate QOL among spouses of prostate cancer survivors at 36 months after initial prostate cancer treatment. MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES Lymphedema, demographic information, self-reported comorbid diseases or medical issues, and medication usage. FINDINGS Spouses who had more negative appraisal of caregiving had lower sexual satisfaction, poorer cancer-specific QOL, and poorer mental QOL. Spouses who perceived bother related to the patient's sexual or hormone function reported more threatening appraisals of caregiving, less sexual satisfaction, and poorer QOL. CONCLUSIONS Spouses continued to experience negative appraisal of caregiving, which affected QOL 36 months after their husbands' treatment for prostate cancer. Additional studies related to factors that influence spouse QOL during survivorship will help guide clinical practice. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING Healthcare providers must help spouses find strategies that promote positive coping and lessen negative appraisal. Giving caregivers information early in the treatment process will help them understand what to expect over time. Supporting caregivers and helping them manage stress will enhance QOL during survivorship. KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION Spouses who experienced more bother related to urinary, sexual, and hormonal function experience more stress and worse QOL at 36 months post-treatment. Spouse appraisal can have a significant effect on QOL. Offering counseling to couples following treatment for prostate cancer may improve QOL by helping couples manage relationship intimacy.
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- Janet Harden
- College of Nursing, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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