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Tosoian JJ, Penson DF, Chinnaiyan AM. A Pragmatic Approach to Prostate Cancer Screening. JAMA 2024; 331:1448-1450. [PMID: 38581253 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.4089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2024]
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- Jeffrey J Tosoian
- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Michigan Center for Translational Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Hawkins AT, Penson DF, Geiger TM, Bonnet KR, Mutch MG, Maguire LH, Schlundt DG, Rothman RL. The Patient Perspective on Colectomy for Recurrent Diverticulitis: A Qualitative Study. Ann Surg 2024; 279:818-824. [PMID: 38318711 PMCID: PMC10997445 DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000006225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Understand the patient's decision-making process regarding colectomy for recurrent diverticulitis. BACKGROUND The decision to pursue elective colectomy for recurrent diverticulitis is highly preference-sensitive. Little is known about the patient's perspective in this decision-making process. METHODS We performed a qualitative study utilizing focus groups of patients with recurrent diverticulitis at 3 centers across the United States. Using an iterative inductive/deductive approach, we developed a conceptual framework to capture the major themes identified in the coded data. RESULTS From March 2019 to July 2020, 39 patients were enrolled across 3 sites and participated in 6 focus groups. After coding the transcripts using a hierarchical coding system, a conceptual framework was developed. Major themes identified included participants' beliefs about surgery, such as normative beliefs (eg, subjective, value placed on surgery), control beliefs (eg, self-efficacy, stage of change), and anticipated outcomes (eg, expectations, anticipated regret); the role of behavioral management strategies (eg, fiber, eliminate bad habits); emotional experiences (eg, depression, embarrassment); current symptoms (eg, severity, timing); and quality of life (eg, cognitive load, psychosocial factors). Three sets of moderating factors influencing patient choice were identified: clinical history (eg, source of diagnosis, multiple surgeries), clinical protocols (eg, pre-op and post-op education), and provider-specific factors (eg, specialty, choice of surgeon). CONCLUSIONS Patients view the decision to undergo colectomy through 3 major themes: their beliefs about surgery, their psychosocial context, and moderating factors that influence participant choice to undergo surgery. This knowledge is essential both for clinicians counseling patients who are considering colectomy and for researchers studying the process to optimize care for recurrent diverticulitis.
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- Alexander T Hawkins
- Division of General Surgery, Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN
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- Division of General Surgery, Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Surgery, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
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- Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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Talwar R, Akinsola O, Penson DF. What is cancer? A focus on Grade Group 1 prostate cancer. BJU Int 2024; 133:360-364. [PMID: 38229478 DOI: 10.1111/bju.16280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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Since the widespread adoption of prostate-specific antigen-based screening for prostate cancer, the prevalence of Grade Group 1 (GG1) prostate cancer has risen. Historically, these patients were subjected to overtreatment of this otherwise indolent disease process, leading to significant quality-of-life detriments. Active surveillance as a primary management strategy has allowed for a focus on early detection while minimising morbidity from unnecessary intervention. Here we provide a comprehensive overview of the characteristics of GG1 prostatic adenocarcinoma, including its histological features, genomic differentiators, clinical progression, and implications for treatment guidelines, all supporting the movement to reclassify GG1 disease as a non-cancerous entity.
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- Ruchika Talwar
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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Al Hussein Al Awamlh B, Wallis CJD, Penson DF, Huang LC, Zhao Z, Conwill R, Talwar R, Morgans AK, Goodman M, Hamilton AS, Wu XC, Paddock LE, Stroup A, O’Neil BB, Koyama T, Hoffman KE, Barocas DA. Functional Outcomes After Localized Prostate Cancer Treatment. JAMA 2024; 331:302-317. [PMID: 38261043 PMCID: PMC10807259 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.26491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Importance Adverse outcomes associated with treatments for localized prostate cancer remain unclear. Objective To compare rates of adverse functional outcomes between specific treatments for localized prostate cancer. Design, Setting, and Participants An observational cohort study using data from 5 US Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program registries. Participants were treated for localized prostate cancer between 2011 and 2012. At baseline, 1877 had favorable-prognosis prostate cancer (defined as cT1-cT2bN0M0, prostate-specific antigen level <20 ng/mL, and grade group 1-2) and 568 had unfavorable-prognosis prostate cancer (defined as cT2cN0M0, prostate-specific antigen level of 20-50 ng/mL, or grade group 3-5). Follow-up data were collected by questionnaire through February 1, 2022. Exposures Radical prostatectomy (n = 1043), external beam radiotherapy (n = 359), brachytherapy (n = 96), or active surveillance (n = 379) for favorable-prognosis disease and radical prostatectomy (n = 362) or external beam radiotherapy with androgen deprivation therapy (n = 206) for unfavorable-prognosis disease. Main Outcomes and Measures Outcomes were patient-reported sexual, urinary, bowel, and hormone function measured using the 26-item Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (range, 0-100; 100 = best). Associations of specific therapies with each outcome were estimated and compared at 10 years after treatment, adjusting for corresponding baseline scores, and patient and tumor characteristics. Minimum clinically important differences were 10 to 12 for sexual function, 6 to 9 for urinary incontinence, 5 to 7 for urinary irritation, and 4 to 6 for bowel and hormone function. Results A total of 2445 patients with localized prostate cancer (median age, 64 years; 14% Black, 8% Hispanic) were included and followed up for a median of 9.5 years. Among 1877 patients with favorable prognosis, radical prostatectomy was associated with worse urinary incontinence (adjusted mean difference, -12.1 [95% CI, -16.2 to -8.0]), but not worse sexual function (adjusted mean difference, -7.2 [95% CI, -12.3 to -2.0]), compared with active surveillance. Among 568 patients with unfavorable prognosis, radical prostatectomy was associated with worse urinary incontinence (adjusted mean difference, -26.6 [95% CI, -35.0 to -18.2]), but not worse sexual function (adjusted mean difference, -1.4 [95% CI, -11.1 to 8.3), compared with external beam radiotherapy with androgen deprivation therapy. Among patients with unfavorable prognosis, external beam radiotherapy with androgen deprivation therapy was associated with worse bowel (adjusted mean difference, -4.9 [95% CI, -9.2 to -0.7]) and hormone (adjusted mean difference, -4.9 [95% CI, -9.5 to -0.3]) function compared with radical prostatectomy. Conclusions and Relevance Among patients treated for localized prostate cancer, radical prostatectomy was associated with worse urinary incontinence but not worse sexual function at 10-year follow-up compared with radiotherapy or surveillance among people with more favorable prognosis and compared with radiotherapy for those with unfavorable prognosis. Among men with unfavorable-prognosis disease, external beam radiotherapy with androgen deprivation therapy was associated with worse bowel and hormone function at 10-year follow-up compared with radical prostatectomy.
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Nashville
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Office of Patient and Community Education, Patient Advocacy Program, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Epidemiology, Louisiana State University New Orleans School of Public Health, New Orleans
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- Cancer Epidemiology Services, New Jersey Department of Health, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick
- Rutgers School of Public Health, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Cancer Epidemiology Services, New Jersey Department of Health, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick
- Rutgers School of Public Health, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Department of Urology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Center, Houston
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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Tallman JE, Wallis CJD, Zhao Z, Huang LC, Penson DF, Koyama T, Goodman M, Hamilton AS, Wu XC, Paddock LE, Stroup A, Cooperberg MR, Hashibe M, O'Neil BB, Kaplan SH, Greenfield S, Hoffman KE, Barocas DA. Correction to: Prostate volume, baseline urinary function, and their association with treatment choice and post-treatment urinary function in men treated for localized prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2023; 26:809. [PMID: 36890265 DOI: 10.1038/s41391-023-00658-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/10/2023]
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- Jacob E Tallman
- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Louisiana State University New Orleans School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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Tallman JE, Wallis CJD, Zhao Z, Huang LC, Penson DF, Koyama T, Goodman M, Hamilton AS, Wu XC, Paddock LE, Stroup A, Cooperberg MR, Hashibe M, O'Neil BB, Kaplan SH, Greenfield S, Hoffman KE, Barocas DA. Prostate volume, baseline urinary function, and their association with treatment choice and post-treatment urinary function in men treated for localized prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2023; 26:787-794. [PMID: 36482081 DOI: 10.1038/s41391-022-00627-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Benign prostatic hyperplasia, lower urinary tract symptoms, and prostate cancer often co-occur. Their effect on urinary function is an important consideration regarding prostate cancer treatment choices. While prostate volume (PV) and urinary symptoms are commonly used in treatment choice decision making, their association with post-treatment urinary function is unknown. We evaluated the associations between PV and baseline urinary function with treatment choice and post-treatment urinary function among men with localized prostate cancer. METHODS We identified 1647 patients from CEASAR, a multicenter population-based, prospective cohort study of men with localized prostate cancer, for analysis. Primary outcomes were treatment choice and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) assessed by the 26-item Expanded Prostate Index Composite (EPIC-26) at pre-specified intervals up to 5 years. Multivariable analysis was performed, controlling for demographic and clinicopathologic features. RESULTS Median baseline PV was 36 mL (IQR 27-48), and baseline urinary irritative/obstructive domain score was 87 (IQR 75-100). There was no observed clinically meaningful association between PV and treatment choice or post-treatment urinary function. Among patients with poor baseline urinary function, treatment with radiation or surgery was associated with statistically and clinically significant improvement in urinary function at 6 months which was durable through 5 years (improvement from baseline at 5 years: radiation 20.4 points, surgery 24.5 points). CONCLUSIONS PV was not found to be associated with treatment modality or post-treatment urinary irritative/obstructive function among men treated for localized prostate cancer. Men with poor baseline urinary irritative/obstructive function improve after treatment with surgery or radiation therapy.
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- Jacob E Tallman
- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Louisiana State University New Orleans School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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Cortese BD, Dusetzina SB, Luckenbaugh AN, Al Hussein Al Awamlh B, Stimson CJ, Barocas DA, Penson DF, Chang SS, Talwar R. Projected Savings for Generic Oncology Drugs Purchased via Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company Versus in Medicare. J Clin Oncol 2023; 41:4664-4668. [PMID: 37290029 DOI: 10.1200/jco.23.00079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Self-administered oncology drugs contribute disproportionately to Medicare Part D spending; prices often remain high even after generic entry. Outlets for low-cost drugs such as Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (MCCPDC) offer opportunities for decreased Medicare, Part D, and beneficiary spending. We estimate potential savings if Part D plans obtained prices such as those offered under the MCCPDC for seven generic oncology drugs. METHODS Using the 2020 Medicare Part D Spending dashboard, Q3-2022 Part D formulary prices, and Q3-2022 MCCPDC prices for seven self-administered generic oncology drugs, we estimated Medicare savings by replacing Q3-2022 Part D unit costs with costs under the MCCPDC plan. RESULTS We estimate potential savings of $661.8 million (M) US dollars (USD; 78.8%) for the seven oncology drugs studied. Total savings ranged from $228.1M USD (56.1%) to $2,154.5M USD (92.4%) compared with 25th and 75th percentiles of Part D plan unit prices. The median savings replacing Part D plan prices were abiraterone $338.0M USD, anastrozole $1.2M USD, imatinib 100 mg $15.6M USD, imatinib 400 mg $212.0M USD, letrozole $1.9M USD, methotrexate $26.7M USD, raloxifene $63.8M USD, and tamoxifen $2.6M USD. All 30-day prescription drug prices offered by MCCPDC generated cost savings except for three drugs offered at the 25th percentile Part D formulary pricing: anastrozole, letrozole, and tamoxifen. CONCLUSION Replacing current Part D median formulary prices with MCCPDC pricing could yield significant savings for seven generic oncology drugs. Individual beneficiaries could save nearly $25,200 USD per year for abiraterone or between $17,500 USD and $20,500 USD for imatinib. Notably, Part D cash-pay prices for abiraterone and imatinib under the catastrophic phase of coverage were still more expensive than baseline MCCPDC prices.
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- Brian D Cortese
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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Ho DR, Kaplan R, Bergman J, Penson DF, Waterman B, Williams KC, Villatoro J, Kwan L, Saigal CS. Health System Perspective on Cost for Delivering a Decision Aid for Prostate Cancer Using Time-driven Activity-based Costing. Med Care 2023; 61:681-688. [PMID: 37943523 PMCID: PMC10478672 DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Previsit decision aids (DAs) have promising outcomes in improving decisional quality, however, the cost to deploy a DA is not well defined, presenting a possible barrier to health system adoption. OBJECTIVES We aimed to define the cost from a health system perspective of delivery of a DA. RESEARCH DESIGN Observational cohort. PATIENTS AND METHODS We interviewed or observed relevant personnel at 3 institutions with implemented DA distribution programs targeting men with prostate cancer. We then created process maps for DA delivery based on interview data. Cost determination was performed utilizing time-driven activity-based costing. Clinic visit length was measured on a subset of patients. Decisional quality measures were collected after the clinic visit. RESULTS Total process time (minutes) for DA delivery was 10.14 (UCLA), 68 (Olive View-UCLA), and 25 (Vanderbilt). Total average costs (USD) per patient were $38.32 (UCLA), $59.96 (Olive View-UCLA), and $42.38 (Vanderbilt), respectively. Labor costs were the largest contributors to the cost of DA delivery. Variance analyses confirmed the cost efficiency of electronic health record (EHR) integration. We noted a shortening of clinic visit length when the DA was used, with high levels of decision quality. CONCLUSIONS Time-driven activity-based costing is an effective approach to determining true inclusive costs of service delivery while also elucidating opportunities for cost containment. The absolute cost of delivering a DA to men with prostate cancer in various settings is much lower than the system costs of the treatments they consider. EHR integration streamlines DA delivery efficiency and results in substantial cost savings.
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- David R. Ho
- Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Accounting and Management, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
- Department of Urology, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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Cortese BD, Dusetzina SB, Al Hussein Al Awamlh B, Penson DF, Chang SS, Barocas DA, Luckenbaugh AN, Scarpato KR, Moses KA, Talwar R. Estimating the Impact of the Inflation Reduction Act on the Out-of-Pocket Costs for Medicare Beneficiaries With Advanced Prostate Cancer. Urol Pract 2023; 10:476-483. [PMID: 37409930 DOI: 10.1097/upj.0000000000000425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Combination systemic therapy for advanced prostate cancer has reduced mortality, but high out-of-pocket costs impose financial barriers for patients. The Inflation Reduction Act's $2,000 out-of-pocket spending cap for Medicare's prescription drug benefit (Part D) can potentially lower out-of-pocket spending for beneficiaries starting in 2025. This study aims to compare out-of-pocket spending for commonly prescribed regimens for advanced prostate cancer before and after implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act. METHODS Medication regimens constructed to treat metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer consisted of baseline androgen deprivation therapy with traditional chemotherapy, androgen receptor inhibitors, and androgen biosynthesis inhibitors. Using 2023 Medicare Part B prices and the Medicare Part D plan finder, we estimated annual out-of-pocket costs under current law and under the Inflation Reduction Act's redesigned standard Part D benefit. RESULTS Under current law, out-of-pocket costs for Part D drugs ranged from $464 to $11,336 per year. Under the Inflation Reduction Act, annual out-of-pocket costs for 2 regimens remained unchanged: androgen deprivation therapy with docetaxel and androgen deprivation therapy with abiraterone and prednisone. However, out-of-pocket costs for regimens using branded novel hormonal therapy were significantly lower under the 2025 law with potential savings estimated to be $9,336 (79.2%) for apalutamide, $9,036 (78.7%) for enzalutamide, and $8,480 (76.5%) for docetaxel and darolutamide. CONCLUSIONS The $2,000 spending cap introduced by the Inflation Reduction Act may significantly decrease out-of-pocket costs and reduce financial toxicity associated with advanced prostate cancer treatment, impacting an estimated 25,000 Medicare beneficiaries.
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- Brian D Cortese
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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Joyce DD, Schulte PJ, Kwon ED, Dusetzina SB, Moses KA, Sharma V, Penson DF, Tilburt JC, Boorjian SA. Coping Mechanisms for Financial Toxicity Among Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A Survey-based Assessment. J Urol 2023; 210:290-298. [PMID: 37416955 DOI: 10.1097/ju.0000000000003506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/08/2023]
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PURPOSE Assessments of financial toxicity among patients with metastatic prostate cancer are lacking. Using patient surveys, we sought to identify coping mechanisms and assess characteristics associated with lower financial toxicity. MATERIALS AND METHODS Surveys were administered to all patients seen at a single center's Advanced Prostate Cancer Clinic over a 3-month period. Surveys included the COST-FACIT (COmprehensive Score for Financial Toxicity) and coping mechanism questionnaires. Patients with metastatic disease (lymph nodes, bone, visceral) were included for analysis. Coping mechanisms were compared between patients experiencing low (COST-FACIT >24) vs high (COST-FACIT ≤24) financial toxicity using Fisher's exact test. Multivariable linear regression was used to evaluate characteristics associated with lower financial toxicity. RESULTS Overall, 281 patients met inclusion criteria of which 79 reported high financial toxicity. In multivariable analysis, characteristics associated with lower financial toxicity included older age (estimate: 0.36, 95%CI: 0.21-0.52), applying for patient assistance programs (estimate: 4.42, 95%CI: 1.72-7.11), and an annual income of at least $100,000 (estimate: 7.81, 95%CI: 0.97, 14.66). Patients with high financial toxicity were more likely to decrease spending on basic goods (35% vs 2.5%, P < .001) and leisure activities (59% vs 15%, P > .001), as well as use savings (62% vs 17%, P < .001) to pay for their treatment. CONCLUSIONS In this cross-sectional study, patients with metastatic prostate cancer and high financial toxicity were more likely to decrease spending on basic goods and leisure activities and use savings to pay for care. Understanding the impact of financial toxicity on patients' lives is crucial to inform shared decision-making and interventions designed to mitigate financial toxicity in this population.
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- Daniel D Joyce
- Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Clinical Trials and Biostatistics, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona
- Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
- Biomedical Ethics Research Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Penson DF, Tosoian JJ. Point-Counterpoint: Clinical Pragmatism Should Prevail Over Biological Orthodoxy: "Pro" Perspective. J Urol 2023; 210:26-27. [PMID: 37126312 DOI: 10.1097/ju.0000000000003512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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- David F Penson
- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- VA Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- VA Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), Nashville, Tennessee
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Tallman JE, Wallis CJD, Huang LC, Zhao Z, Penson DF, Koyama T, Conwill R, Goodman M, Hamilton AS, Wu XC, Paddock LE, Stroup A, Cooperberg MR, Hashibe M, O'Neil BB, Kaplan SH, Greenfield S, Barocas DA, Hoffman KE. Correction to: Association between adherence to radiation therapy quality metrics and patient reported outcomes in prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2023; 26:214. [PMID: 36914851 DOI: 10.1038/s41391-023-00659-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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- Jacob E Tallman
- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Office of Patient and Community Education, Patient Advocacy Program, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Louisiana State University New Orleans School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Tallman JE, Wallis CJD, Huang LC, Zhao Z, Penson DF, Koyama T, Conwill R, Goodman M, Hamilton AS, Wu XC, Paddock LE, Stroup A, Cooperberg MR, Hashibe M, O'Neil BB, Kaplan SH, Greenfield S, Barocas DA, Hoffman KE. Association between adherence to radiation therapy quality metrics and patient reported outcomes in prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2023; 26:80-87. [PMID: 35217831 DOI: 10.1038/s41391-022-00518-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Revised: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Prior studies have shown significant variability in the quality of prostate cancer care in the US with questionable associations between quality measures and patient reported outcomes. We evaluated the impact of compliance with nationally recognized radiation therapy (RT) quality measures on patient-reported health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcomes in the Comparative Effectiveness Analysis of Surgery and Radiation (CEASAR) cohort. METHODS CEASAR is a population-based, prospective cohort study of men with localized prostate cancer from which we identified 649 who received primary RT and completed HRQOL surveys for inclusion. Eight quality measures were identified based on national guidelines. We analyzed the impact of compliance with these measures on HRQOL assessed by the 26-item Expanded Prostate Index Composite at pre-specified intervals up to 5 years after treatment. Multivariable analysis was performed controlling for demographic and clinicopathologic features. RESULTS Among eligible participants, 566 (87%) patients received external beam radiation therapy and 83 (13%) received brachytherapy. Median age was 69 years (interquartile range: 64-73), 33% had low-, 43% intermediate-, and 23% high-risk disease. 28% received care non-compliant with at least one measure. In multivariable analyses, while some statistically significant associations were identified, there were no clinically significant associations between compliance with evaluated RT quality measures and patient reported urinary irritative, urinary incontinence, bowel, sexual or hormonal function. CONCLUSIONS Compliance with RT quality measures was not meaningfully associated with patient-reported outcomes after prostate cancer treatment. Further work is needed to identify patient-centered quality measures of prostate cancer care.
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- Jacob E Tallman
- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Office of Patient and Community Education, Patient Advocacy Program, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Louisiana State University New Orleans School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Joyce DD, Schulte PJ, Kwon ED, Dusetzina SB, Penson DF, Tilburt JC, Boorjian SA. Financial toxicity and coping mechanisms in patients with metastatic prostate cancer: A pilot study. J Clin Oncol 2023. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2023.41.6_suppl.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/15/2023] Open
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125 Background: Assessments of financial toxicity among patients with metastatic prostate cancer are lacking. We sought to describe the prevalence and severity of financial toxicity, identify coping mechanisms, and assess characteristics that may be protective of financial toxicity among such patients at our institution. Methods: All patients evaluated in the advanced prostate cancer clinic at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, were approached to complete a survey between February and May 2022. The survey consisted of three parts: 1) demographic, cancer, and treatment characteristics; 2) a coping mechanism questionnaire; and 3) The Comprehensive Score for Financial Toxicity (COST-FACIT) questionnaire. COST-FACIT scores range from 0-44, with lower scores signifying higher financial toxicity. Patients were defined as having either high (COST-FACIT score >24) or low (COST-FACIT score ≤24) financial toxicity. Coping mechanisms were compared between patients with low and high financial toxicity using Fisher’s exact test. Multivariable linear regression was used to evaluate patient characteristics associated with high COST-FACIT scores. Results: Of the 786 patients approached, 417 (53.1%) completed the survey and 281 met inclusion criteria. The median COST-FACIT score was 30 (IQR 24-36). On multivariable analysis, characteristics associated with lower financial toxicity included older age, (estimate:0.36, 95%CI 0.21-0.52), applying for patient assistance programs (estimate:4.42, 95%CI 1.72-7.11), and an annual income of at least $100,000 (estimate:7.81, 95%CI 0.97,14.66). Patients with high financial toxicity were more likely to decrease spending on basic goods (34.6% vs. 2.5%, p<0.001) and leisure activities (61.5% vs. 16.9%, p>0.001), as well as use savings (61.5% vs. 16.9%, p<0.001) to pay for their treatment. However, few patients stopped or partially filled their prostate cancer treatments due to cost. Conclusions: In this cross-sectional study of patients with metastatic prostate cancer, older age, higher income, and applying for patient assistance programs were associated with lower financial toxicity. Greater self-reported financial toxicity was associated with decreased spending on basic goods, leisure activities, and tapping into savings. On rare occasion they delayed or skipped treatment. These findings are important to inform treatment shared decision-making and supportive interventions to mitigate financial toxicity in metastatic prostate cancer.
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De B, Pasalic D, Barocas DA, Wallis CJ, Huang LC, Zhao Z, Koyama T, Tang C, Conwill R, Goodman M, Hamilton AS, Wu XC, Paddock LE, Stroup A, Cooperberg MR, Hashibe M, O’Neil BB, Kaplan SH, Greenfield S, Penson DF, Hoffman KE. Patient-reported Outcomes After External Beam Radiotherapy With Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy Boost vs Radical Prostatectomy for Localized Prostate Cancer: Five-year Results From a Prospective Comparative Effectiveness Study. J Urol 2022; 208:1226-1239. [PMID: 36006050 PMCID: PMC9933910 DOI: 10.1097/ju.0000000000002902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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PURPOSE Data comparing radical prostatectomy and external beam radiation therapy with low dose rate brachytherapy boost are lacking. To better guide shared decision making regarding treatment, we compared patient reported outcomes through 5 years following radical prostatectomy or external beam radiation therapy with low dose rate brachytherapy boost for localized prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS From 2011-2012, men aged <80 years with localized prostate adenocarcinoma were enrolled and followed longitudinally. Patient reported outcomes included the Expanded Prostate Index Composite. Regression models adjusted for baseline scores and covariates were constructed. RESULTS The study population included 112 men treated with external beam radiation therapy with low dose rate brachytherapy boost and 1,553 treated with radical prostatectomy. Compared to radical prostatectomy, external beam radiation therapy with low dose rate brachytherapy boost was associated with clinically meaningful worse urinary irritative/obstructive (adjusted mean score difference [95% confidence interval]: 5.0 [-8.7, -1.3]; P = .008 at 5 years) and better urinary incontinence function (13.3 [7.7, 18.9]; P < .001 at 5 years) through 5 years. Urinary function bother was similar between groups (P > .4 at all timepoints). Treatment with external beam radiation therapy with low dose rate brachytherapy boost was associated with worse bowel function (-4.0 [-6.9, -1.1]; P = .006 at 5 years) through 5 years compared to radical prostatectomy. Treatment with external beam radiation therapy with low dose rate brachytherapy boost was associated with better sexual function at 1 year (12.0 [6.5, 17.5]; P < .001 at 1 year) compared to radical prostatectomy, but there was insufficient evidence to reject the supposition that no difference was seen at 3 or 5 years. CONCLUSIONS Compared to radical prostatectomy, external beam radiation therapy with low dose rate brachytherapy boost was associated with clinically meaningful worse urinary irritative/obstructive and bowel functions but better urinary incontinence function through 5 years after treatment. These patient-reported functional outcomes may clarify treatment expectations and help inform treatment choices for localized prostate cancer.
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- Brian De
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Houston, TX
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Houston, TX
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Urology, Nashville, TN
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- Mount Sinai Hospital, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Biostatistics, Nashville, TN
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Biostatistics, Nashville, TN
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Biostatistics, Nashville, TN
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Houston, TX
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Office of Patient and Community Education, Patient Advocacy Program, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN
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- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Atlanta, GA
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- Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Department of Preventative Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
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- Louisiana State University New Orleans School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, New Orleans, LA
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- Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Health, Department of Epidemiology, New Brunswick, NJ
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- Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Health, Department of Epidemiology, New Brunswick, NJ
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- University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
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- University of Utah Health, Department of Urology, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Urology, Nashville, TN
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Houston, TX
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Samora NL, Wallis CJD, Huang L, Tallman JE, Zhao Z, Hoffman K, Morgans A, Cooperberg M, Goodman M, Greenfield S, Hamilton AS, Hashibe M, Kaplan S, O'Neil B, Paddock LE, Stroup A, Wu X, Koyama T, Penson DF, Barocas DA. Association between body mass index and localized prostate cancer management and disease-specific quality of life. BJUI Compass 2022; 4:223-233. [PMID: 36816144 PMCID: PMC9931544 DOI: 10.1002/bco2.197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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Purpose The purpose of this work is to describe the association between body mass index (BMI) and (1) management option for localized prostate cancer (PCa) and (2) disease-specific quality of life (ds-QoL) after treatment or active surveillance. Subjects/patients and methods We analysed data from men with localized PCa managed with radical prostatectomy (RP), radiation therapy (RT), or active surveillance (AS) in a prospective, population-based cohort study. We evaluated the association between BMI and management option with multivariable multinomial logistic regression analysis. The association between BMI and ds-QoL was assessed using multivariable longitudinal linear regression. Regression models were adjusted for baseline domain scores, demographics, and clinicopathologic characteristics. Results A total of 2378 men were included (medians [quartiles]: age 64 [59-69] years; BMI 27 kg/m2; 77% were non-Hispanic white); 29% were obese (BMI ≥ 30). Accounting for demographic and clinicopathologic features, BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2 was inversely associated with the likelihood of receiving RP (compared with RT) and became statistically significant at BMI ≥ 33 kg/m2 (maximum adjusted relative risk ratio = 0.80, 95% CI 0.67 to 0.95, p = 0.013 for BMI ≥ 33 vs. 25). Conversely, BMI was not significantly associated with the likelihood of receiving AS compared with RT. After stratification by management option, obese men who underwent definitive treatment were not found to have clinically worse ds-QoL. Obese men initially on AS appeared to have worse urinary incontinence than nonobese men, but this was not significant on an as-treated sensitivity analysis. Conclusions Among men with localized PCa, those with BMI ≥ 33 kg/m2 were less likely to receive surgery than radiation. Obesity was not associated with ds-QoL in men undergoing definitive treatment, nor in men who remained on AS.
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- Department of BiostatisticsVanderbilt University Medical CenterNashvilleTennesseeUSA
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- Department of UrologyVanderbilt University Medical CenterNashvilleTennesseeUSA
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- Department of BiostatisticsVanderbilt University Medical CenterNashvilleTennesseeUSA
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- Department of Radiation OncologyThe University of Texas MD Anderson CenterHoustonTexasUSA
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- Dana Farber Cancer InstituteHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Department of EpidemiologyEmory University Rollins School of Public HealthAtlantaGeorgiaUSA
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- Department of MedicineUniversity of California IrvineIrvineCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Population and Public Health SciencesKeck School of Medicine at the University of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Family and Preventative MedicineUniversity of Utah School of MedicineSalt Lake CityUtahUSA
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- Department of MedicineUniversity of California IrvineIrvineCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of UrologyUniversity of Utah HealthSalt Lake CityUtahUSA
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- Department of EpidemiologyRutgers Cancer Institute of New JerseyNew BrunswickNew JerseyUSA
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- Department of EpidemiologyRutgers Cancer Institute of New JerseyNew BrunswickNew JerseyUSA
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- Department of EpidemiologyLouisiana State University New Orleans School of Public HealthNew OrleansLouisianaUSA
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- Department of BiostatisticsVanderbilt University Medical CenterNashvilleTennesseeUSA
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- Department of UrologyVanderbilt University Medical CenterNashvilleTennesseeUSA
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical CenterVeterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare SystemNashvilleTennesseeUSA
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- Department of UrologyVanderbilt University Medical CenterNashvilleTennesseeUSA
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Joyce DD, Wallis CJD, Huang LC, Hoffman KE, Zhao Z, Koyama T, Goodman M, Hamilton AS, Wu XC, Paddock LE, Stroup A, Cooperberg MR, Hashibe M, O’Neil BB, Kaplan SH, Greenfield S, Penson DF, Barocas DA. The Association Between Financial Toxicity and Treatment Regret in Men With Localized Prostate Cancer. JNCI Cancer Spectr 2022; 6:6762868. [PMID: 36255249 PMCID: PMC9731205 DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkac071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Financial toxicity is emerging as an important patient-centered outcome and is understudied in prostate cancer patients. We sought to understand the association between financial burden and treatment regret in men with localized prostate cancer to better evaluate the role of financial discussions in patient counseling. METHODS Utilizing the Comparative Effectiveness Analysis of Surgery and Radiation dataset, we identified all men accrued between 2011 and 2012 who underwent surgery, radiation, or active surveillance for localized prostate cancer. Financial burden and treatment regret were assessed at 3- and 5-year follow-up. The association between financial burden and regret was assessed using multivariable longitudinal logistic regression controlling for demographic and disease characteristics, treatment, functional outcomes, and patient expectations. RESULTS Of the 2924 eligible patients, regret and financial burden assessments for 3- and/or 5-year follow-up were available for 81% (n = 2359). After adjustment for relevant covariates, financial burden from "finances in general" was associated with treatment regret at 3 years (odds ratio [OR] = 2.47, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.33 to 4.57; P = .004); however, this association was no longer statistically significant at 5-year follow-up (OR = 1.19, 95% CI = 0.56 to 2.54; P = .7). CONCLUSIONS In this population-based sample of men with localized prostate cancer, we observed associations between financial burden and treatment regret. Our findings suggest indirect treatment costs, especially during the first 3 years after diagnosis, may impact patients more profoundly than direct costs and are important for inclusion in shared decision making.
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- Daniel D Joyce
- Correspondence to: Daniel D. Joyce, MD, Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN 55902, USA (e-mail: )
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 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 Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Louisiana State University New Orleans School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Health, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Health, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA,Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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Wong HY, Sheng Q, Hesterberg AB, Croessmann S, Rios BL, Giri K, Jackson J, Miranda AX, Watkins E, Schaffer KR, Donahue M, Winkler E, Penson DF, Smith JA, Herrell SD, Luckenbaugh AN, Barocas DA, Kim YJ, Graves D, Giannico GA, Rathmell JC, Park BH, Gordetsky JB, Hurley PJ. Single cell analysis of cribriform prostate cancer reveals cell intrinsic and tumor microenvironmental pathways of aggressive disease. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6036. [PMID: 36229464 PMCID: PMC9562361 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33780-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Cribriform prostate cancer, found in both invasive cribriform carcinoma (ICC) and intraductal carcinoma (IDC), is an aggressive histological subtype that is associated with progression to lethal disease. To delineate the molecular and cellular underpinnings of ICC/IDC aggressiveness, this study examines paired ICC/IDC and benign prostate surgical samples by single-cell RNA-sequencing, TCR sequencing, and histology. ICC/IDC cancer cells express genes associated with metastasis and targets with potential for therapeutic intervention. Pathway analyses and ligand/receptor status model cellular interactions among ICC/IDC and the tumor microenvironment (TME) including JAG1/NOTCH. The ICC/IDC TME is hallmarked by increased angiogenesis and immunosuppressive fibroblasts (CTHRC1+ASPN+FAP+ENG+) along with fewer T cells, elevated T cell dysfunction, and increased C1QB+TREM2+APOE+-M2 macrophages. These findings support that cancer cell intrinsic pathways and a complex immunosuppressive TME contribute to the aggressive phenotype of ICC/IDC. These data highlight potential therapeutic opportunities to restore immune signaling in patients with ICC/IDC that may afford better outcomes.
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- Hong Yuen Wong
- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA ,grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN USA ,grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN USA ,grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA ,grid.418961.30000 0004 0472 2713Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, New York, USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN USA ,grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA ,Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA ,grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN USA ,grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA ,grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN USA ,grid.412807.80000 0004 1936 9916Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA
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Hawkins AT, Rothman R, Geiger TM, Bonnet KR, Mutch MG, Regenbogen SE, Schlundt DG, Penson DF. Surgeons' Perspective of Decision Making in Recurrent Diverticulitis: A Qualitative Analysis. Ann Surg Open 2022; 3:e157. [PMID: 35528025 PMCID: PMC9074822 DOI: 10.1097/as9.0000000000000157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Objective This study employs qualitative methodology to assess surgeons' perspective on decision making in management of recurrent diverticulitis to improve patient-centered decision making. Summary Background Data The decision to pursue colectomy for patients with recurrent diverticulitis is nuanced. Strategies to enact broad acceptance of guidelines for surgery are hindered because of a knowledge gap in understanding surgeons' current attitudes and opinions. Methods We performed semi-structured interviews with board-certified North American general and colorectal surgeons who manage recurrent diverticulitis. We purposely sampled specialists by both surgeon and practice factors. An iterative inductive/deductive strategy was used to code and analyze the interviews and create a conceptual framework. Results 25 surgeons were enrolled over a nine-month period. There was diversity in surgeons' gender, age, experience, training, specialty (colorectal vs general surgery) and geography. Surgeons described the difficult process to determine who receives an operation. We identified seven major themes as well as twenty subthemes of the decision-making process. These were organized into a conceptual model. Across the spectrum of interviews, it was notable that there was a move over time from decisions based on counting episodes of diverticulitis to a focus on improving quality of life. Surgeons also felt that quality of life was more dependent on psychosocial factors than the degree of physiological dysfunction. [What about what surprised you/]. Conclusions Surgeons mostly have discarded older dogma in recommending colectomy for recurrent diverticulitis based on number and severity of episodes. Instead, decision making in recurrent diverticulitis is complex, involving multiple surgeon and patient factors and evolving over time. Surgeons struggle with this decision and education- or communication-based interventions that focus on shared decision making warrant development.
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- Alexander T Hawkins
- Division of General Surgery, Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Division of General Surgery, Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Surgery, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN
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Tucker MD, Chen YW, Yasin HA, Ancell KK, Barocas DA, Beckermann K, Chang SS, Davis NB, Jessop A, Kaiser E, Kirschner AN, Kluwe CA, Luckenbaugh A, Moses KA, Penson DF, Sherer P, Smelser W, Wallace D, Schaffer K, Rini BI. Impact of PSMA-targeted PET/CT in the clinical management of men with advanced prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.16_suppl.e17053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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e17053 Background: 18F-DCFPyL (piflufolastat F 18) is a PSMA-targeted agent FDA-approved for PET imaging in men with prostate cancer. Given the recent availability for clinical use, we sought to evaluate the impact and potential changes in management after the incorporation of 18F-DCFPyL (PyL) PET/CT at an academic medical center. Methods: We reviewed the first 100 PyL PET/CT scans performed at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center for men with prostate adenocarcinoma. Patient demographics, treatment history, and prior imaging results were recorded, along with PyL PET results, most recent PSA, and clinical management plans. Management changes were designated as change in systemic therapy, radiation, or surgery and were determined by two independent reviewers with a third reviewer for any discordant cases. Results: There were 100 men included with PyL PET scans dating from 9/1/21 to 12/31/21. The median age was 69 years, 76% of patients were white and 13% were black. The median Gleason sum at diagnosis was 7 (4+3), 55% of men had prior prostatectomy, and 38% had prior radiation to the prostate/pelvis. The median PSA prior to PyL PET scan was 1.86 (IQR 0.53-9.95 ng/mL), 32% of men had previous ADT exposure, and 15% were on ADT at the time of PyL PET scan. The clinical setting prior to PyL PET scan was initial staging 22%, biochemical recurrence 59%, m1HSPC 14%, m0CRPC 2%, and m1CRPC 3%. There were 16 patients who had a prior 18F-fluciclovine within six months of PyL PET; of these 69% (11/16) had additional disease on PyL PET not previously identified. Activity in lymph nodes was observed in 48%, bone 37%, visceral sites 3%, prostate/prostate bed 46%, and 15% had no PSMA-avid disease. Clinical staging was altered after the PyL PET scan in 55% of patients, with the most common change being from BCR to m1HSPC (40/55). Clinical management was altered in 59% of cases: systemic therapy 38%, radiation planning 46%, and surgical planning 6% (Table). Conclusions: Clinical management was affected in 59% of cases after implementation of PyL PET in this retrospective, single center review. Given the rapid adoption of PSMA-targeted PET imaging agents, further studies are needed to evaluate the clinical impact of subsequent changes to management planning, as well as to develop multidisciplinary consensus statements and protocols to guide management.[Table: see text]
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- Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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OBJECTIVE This study aims to characterize the extent of geographic variation in elective sigmoid resection for diverticulitis and to identify factors associated with observed variation. INTRODUCTION National guidelines for treatment of recurrent diverticulitis fail to offer strong recommendations for or against surgical intervention. We hypothesize that healthcare market factors will be significantly associated with geographic variation in colon resection for diverticulitis, a discretionary surgical intervention. METHODS We used Center for Medicare Services 100% inpatient Limited Data Set (LDS) files from January 2013 through September 2015 to calculate an observed to expected standardized colon resection ratio for each hospital referral region (HRR). We then analyzed patient, hospital-, and market-level factors associated with variation of colectomy. For each HRR, a Herfindahl-Hirschman index, a measure of market competition, was calculated. RESULTS A total of 19,557 Medicare patients underwent an elective colon resection for diverticulitis at 2462 hospitals over the study period. Standardized colon resection ratios ranged from 0 in the Tuscaloosa HRR to 3.7 in the Royal Oak, MI HRR. Few patient factors were associated with variation, but a number of hospital factors (size, area, profit status, and critical access designation) all were associated with variation. In an analysis of market factors, increased surgeon density, and decreased market competition were associated with higher predicted rates of colon resection. CONCLUSION We observed pronounced variation (excess of 3-fold) in standardized colon resection ratios for recurrent diverticulitis. Surgeon density and hospital level factors were strongly associated with this variation and may be the main drivers of colonic resection for diverticular disease. Further investigation and stronger national guidelines are needed to optimize patient selection for colectomy.
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- Alexander T Hawkins
- Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- GRECC, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- Embold Health, Nashville, Tennessee
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Wallis CJ, Huang LC, Zhao Z, Penson DF, Koyama T, Conwill R, Tallman JE, Goodman M, Hamilton AS, Wu XC, Paddock LE, Stroup A, Cooperberg MR, Hashibe M, O’Neil BB, Kaplan SH, Greenfield S, Barocas DA, Hoffman KE. Association between pelvic nodal radiotherapy and patient-reported functional outcomes through 5 years among men undergoing external-beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer: An assessment of the comparative effectiveness analysis of surgery and radiation (CEASAR) cohort. Urol Oncol 2022; 40:56.e1-56.e8. [PMID: 34154899 PMCID: PMC9933913 DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2021.04.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND The role of pelvic irradiation in men receiving external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for prostate cancer is unclear, in part due to a lack of data on patient-reported outcomes. We sought to compare functional outcomes for men receiving prostate and pelvic versus prostate-only radiotherapy, longitudinally over 5 years. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a population-based, prospective cohort study of men with clinically-localized prostate cancer undergoing EBRT. We examined the effect of prostate and pelvic (n = 102) versus prostate-only (n = 485) radiotherapy on patient-reported disease-specific (using the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite[EPIC]-26) and general health-related (using the SF-36) function, over 5 years. Regression models were adjusted for outcome-specific baseline function, clinicopathologic characteristics, and androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). RESULTS 587 men (median [quartiles] age 69 [64-73] years) met inclusion criteria and completed ≥1 post-treatment survey. More men treated with prostate and pelvic radiotherapy had high-risk disease (58% vs. 18%, P < 0.01) and received ADT (75% vs. 41%, P < 0.01). These men reported worse sexual (6 months-5 years), hormonal (at 6 months), and physical (6 months-5 years) function. Accounting for baseline function, patient and tumor characteristics, and use of ADT, pelvic irradiation was not associated with statistically or clinically significant differences in bowel function, urinary incontinence, irritative voiding symptoms or sexual function through 5-years (all P > 0.05). Marginally clinically important differences were noted in hormonal function at 3-years (adjusted mean difference 4.7, 95% confidence interval [1.2-8.3]; minimally clinically important difference (MCID) 4 to 6) and 5-years (4.2, [0.4-8.0]) following treatment. After adjustment, there was a transient statistically significant, but not clinically important, difference in emotional well-being at 6 months (3.0, [0.19-5.8]; MCID 6) that resolved by 1 year and no differences in physical functioning or energy and fatigue. CONCLUSION This prospective, population-based cohort study of men with localized prostate cancer treated with EBRT, showed no clinically important differences in disease-specific or general health-related quality of life with the addition of pelvic irradiation to prostate radiotherapy, supporting the use of pelvic radiotherapy when it may be of clinical benefit, such as men with increased risk of nodal involvement.
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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- Office of Patient and Community Education, Patient Advocacy Program, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
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- Department of Preventative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California
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- Department of Epidemiology, Louisiana State University New Orleans School of Public Health
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- Department of Epidemiology, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Health
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- Department of Epidemiology, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Health
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- Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Center
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Nabavizadeh B, Hakam N, Shaw NM, Hampson LA, Penson DF, Breyer BN. Standardized Letters of Recommendation and Success in the Urology Match. Urology 2022; 166:95-97. [PMID: 35038486 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2022.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Behnam Nabavizadeh
- Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
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Wallis CJD, Zhao Z, Huang LC, Penson DF, Koyama T, Kaplan SH, Greenfield S, Luckenbaugh AN, Klaassen Z, Conwill R, Goodman M, Hamilton AS, Wu XC, Paddock LE, Stroup A, Cooperberg MR, Hashibe M, O’Neil BB, Hoffman KE, Barocas DA. Association of Treatment Modality, Functional Outcomes, and Baseline Characteristics With Treatment-Related Regret Among Men With Localized Prostate Cancer. JAMA Oncol 2022; 8:50-59. [PMID: 34792527 PMCID: PMC8603232 DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.5160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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IMPORTANCE Treatment-related regret is an integrative, patient-centered measure that accounts for morbidity, oncologic outcomes, and anxiety associated with prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment. OBJECTIVE To assess the association between treatment approach, functional outcomes, and patient expectations and treatment-related regret among patients with localized prostate cancer. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This population-based, prospective cohort study used 5 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-based registries in the Comparative Effectiveness Analysis of Surgery and Radiation cohort. Participants included men with clinically localized prostate cancer from January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2012. Data were analyzed from August 2, 2020, to March 1, 2021. EXPOSURES Prostate cancer treatments included surgery, radiotherapy, and active surveillance. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Patient-reported treatment-related regret using validated metrics. Regression models were adjusted for demographic and clinicopathologic characteristics, treatment approach, and patient-reported functional outcomes. RESULTS Among the 2072 men included in the analysis (median age, 64 [IQR, 59-69] years), treatment-related regret at 5 years after diagnosis was reported in 183 patients (16%) undergoing surgery, 76 (11%) undergoing radiotherapy, and 20 (7%) undergoing active surveillance. Compared with active surveillance and adjusting for baseline differences, active treatment was associated with an increased likelihood of regret for those undergoing surgery (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 2.40 [95% CI, 1.44-4.01]) but not radiotherapy (aOR, 1.53 [95% CI, 0.88-2.66]). When mediation by patient-reported functional outcomes was considered, treatment modality was not independently associated with regret. Sexual dysfunction, but not other patient-reported functional outcomes, was significantly associated with regret (aOR for change in sexual function from baseline, 0.65 [95% CI, 0.52-0.81]). Subjective patient-perceived treatment efficacy (aOR, 5.40 [95% CI, 2.15-13.56]) and adverse effects (aOR, 5.83 [95% CI, 3.97-8.58]), compared with patient expectations before treatment, were associated with treatment-related regret. Other patient characteristics at the time of treatment decision-making, including participatory decision-making tool scores (aOR, 0.80 [95% CI, 0.69-0.92]), social support (aOR, 0.78 [95% CI, 0.67-0.90]), and age (aOR, 0.78 [95% CI, 0.62-0.97]), were significantly associated with regret. Results were comparable when assessing regret at 3 years rather than 5 years. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE The findings of this cohort study suggest that more than 1 in 10 patients with localized prostate cancer experience treatment-related regret. The rates of regret appear to differ between treatment approaches in a manner that is mediated by functional outcomes and patient expectations. Treatment preparedness that focuses on expectations and treatment toxicity and is delivered in the context of shared decision-making should be the subject of future research to examine whether it can reduce regret.
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- Christopher J. D. Wallis
- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee,Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Office of Patient and Community Education, Patient Advocacy Program, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Franklin, Tennessee
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- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Preventative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Epidemiology, Louisiana State University New Orleans School of Public Health, New Orleans
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- Department of Epidemiology, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Health, New Brunswick
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- Department of Epidemiology, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Health, New Brunswick
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- Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
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- Department of Urology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Center, Houston
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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Penson DF, Armstrong AJ, Concepcion RS, Agarwal N, Olsson CA, Karsh LI, Dunshee CJ, Duggan W, Shen Q, Sugg J, Haas GP, Higano CS. Correction: Enzalutamide versus bicalutamide in patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: a prespecified subgroup analysis of the STRIVE trial. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2021; 25:597. [PMID: 34848822 PMCID: PMC9385486 DOI: 10.1038/s41391-021-00477-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- David F Penson
- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Global Product Development, Pfizer Inc., Groton, CT, USA
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- Global Product Development, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, USA
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- Biostatistics, Astellas Pharma, Inc., Northbrook, IL, USA
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- Global Development, Astellas Pharma, Inc., Northbrook, IL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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Penson DF, Armstrong AJ, Concepcion RS, Agarwal N, Olsson CA, Karsh LI, Dunshee CJ, Duggan W, Shen Q, Sugg J, Haas GP, Higano CS. Enzalutamide versus bicalutamide in patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: a prespecified subgroup analysis of the STRIVE trial. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2021; 25:363-365. [PMID: 34621011 PMCID: PMC9184266 DOI: 10.1038/s41391-021-00465-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND In the phase 2, randomized, double-blind STRIVE trial, enzalutamide significantly reduced the risk of prostate cancer progression or death versus bicalutamide in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and nonmetastatic CRPC (nmCRPC). The objective of this protocol-specified subgroup analysis of STRIVE was to investigate the benefit of enzalutamide versus bicalutamide specifically in patients with nmCRPC. METHODS Patients (N = 139) were stratified by disease stage and randomized to enzalutamide 160 mg/day plus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT; n = 70) or bicalutamide 50 mg/day plus ADT (n = 69). RESULTS Baseline characteristics of patients with nmCRPC were comparable between groups. At a median of 17 months follow-up, enzalutamide reduced the risk of progression or death by 76% versus bicalutamide in patients with nmCRPC (hazard ratio [HR], 0.24; 95% CI 0.14-0.42). Enzalutamide reduced risk of prostate-specific antigen progression by 82% versus bicalutamide in patients with nmCRPC (HR, 0.18; 95% CI 0.10-0.34). The most frequently reported adverse events by patients receiving enzalutamide were fatigue (36.2%), hot flush (20.3%), decreased appetite (17.4%), dizziness (17.4%), and nausea (17.4%). CONCLUSIONS This STRIVE subgroup analysis of patients with nmCRPC illustrates the benefit of enzalutamide in reducing the risk of progression or death versus bicalutamide in patients with nmCRPC. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT01664923.
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- David F Penson
- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Global Product Development, Pfizer Inc., Groton, CT, USA
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- Global Product Development, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, USA
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- Biostatistics, Astellas Pharma, Inc., Northbrook, IL, USA
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- Global Development, Astellas Pharma, Inc., Northbrook, IL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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Sui W, Hall ME, Barocas DA, Chang SS, Luckenbaugh AN, Moses KA, Penson DF, Wallis CJD, Laviana AA. Association Between Surgical Volume and Survival Among Patients With Variant Histologies of Bladder Cancer. Urology 2021; 159:100-106. [PMID: 34606878 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2021.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Revised: 08/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between hospital volume and the management of bladder cancer variant histology. Variant histologies of bladder cancer are rare which limits the ability for providers to develop expertise however there is a clear hospital and/or surgeon-volume relationship for management of rare or complex surgical and/or medical diseases. METHODS We queried the National Cancer Database from 2004-2016 for all cases of bladder cancer, identifying cases of variant histology. Our primary outcome was overall survival while secondary outcomes included identifying treatment patterns. Hospitals were stratified into those that managed ≤2, >2-4, >4-6, and ≥6 cases per year of variant histology. RESULTS We identified 23,284 patients with bladder cancer of variant histology who were treated at 1301 hospitals. Few institutions had high volume experience with this disease: 18.5% (n = 241) treated >2 patients annually and 5.7% (n = 76) treated >4 cases annually. Hospital volume positively correlated with utilization of early radical cystectomy (RC) in non-muscle invasive disease and neoadjuvant chemotherapy in muscle-invasive disease. On multivariable analysis, increased hospital volume was associated with improved survival. After stratifying by sub-type, hospital volume continued to be associated with improved survival for squamous, small cell, and sarcomatoid cancers. CONCLUSION Management of variant histology urothelial carcinoma at high-volume centers is associated with improved overall survival. The mechanisms of this are multifactorial, and future research should focus on improvement opportunities for low-volume hospitals, centralization of care, and/or increased access to care at high-volume centers.
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- Wilson Sui
- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Surgery & Perioperative Care, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.
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Nabavizadeh B, Hakam N, Sadighian MJ, Holler JT, Amend GM, Hampson LA, Penson DF, Breyer BN. Characterizing Standardized Letters of Recommendation in Urology Residency Applications. Urology 2021; 158:18-25. [PMID: 34547345 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2021.06.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To identify the current formats of standardized letters of recommendation (SLORs) and evaluate their characteristics, the distribution of applicants' ratings, correlation between SLOR domain ratings and conventional application metrics, and potential biases. METHODS We evaluated all applications submitted to our residency program for the 2020-2021 urology match. Two main formats of SLOR were identified. We extracted application characteristics and SLOR domain ratings. RESULTS Ninety SLORs from 82 applicants were reviewed. Applicants were highly rated among top tiers in both formats. Some correlations were observed between domain ratings and application metrics such as Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge scores, and percentage of Honors in core clinical clerkships. No statistically significant differences were found between female and male applicants in terms of domain ratings. Alpha Omega Alpha members received higher ratings in "urology resident potential," "academic urologist potential," and "performance as a sub-intern" domains. Applicants from top 40 US medical schools performed better as sub-interns, and were more likely to be ranked higher. Letters from home institutions were associated with higher ratings in several domains. In-person vs virtual interactions received similar ratings except for "communication". CONCLUSION While it is promising to observe such number of SLORs submitted for the first time in urology, the current formats could benefit from further refinement in their structures and domains to distinguish between highly qualified urology applicants more efficiently. Given the transition in Step 1 score reporting to pass/fail outcome, the need for a reliable urology-specific SLOR will be critical.
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- Behnam Nabavizadeh
- Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
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Joyce DD, Wallis CJD, Luckenbaugh AN, Huelster HL, Zhao Z, Hoffman KE, Huang LC, Koyama T, Conwill R, Goodman M, Hamilton AS, Wu XC, Paddock LE, Stroup A, Cooperberg MR, Hashibe M, Neil BBO, Kaplan SH, Greenfield S, Penson DF, Barocas DA. Sexual function outcomes of radiation and androgen deprivation therapy for localized prostate cancer in men with good baseline function. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2021; 25:238-247. [PMID: 34108648 DOI: 10.1038/s41391-021-00405-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 05/23/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sexual dysfunction, including erectile dysfunction and loss of libido, are common among men undergoing treatment for localized prostate cancer. Both local treatments and systemic androgen deprivation therapy may contribute to these outcomes and are differentially indicated based on disease characteristics. We sought to compare sexual function through 5 years after radiation treatment with and without androgen deprivation therapy in men with good baseline sexual function to better understand long-term effects in this understudied subset of patients. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed a prospectively assembled population-based cohort of men who underwent radiation with and without androgen deprivation therapy for intermediate or high-risk localized prostate cancer. Sexual function was assessed longitudinally over 5 years. Men with erections sufficient for intercourse at baseline were selected for inclusion. RESULTS Out of 167 patients included, 73 underwent radiation alone and 94 received androgen deprivation therapy plus radiation (51 with intermediate and 43 with high-risk disease). Androgen deprivation therapy use was associated with worse sexual function through 1 year regardless of disease risk. This difference was no longer statistically significant at 3 years in the intermediate-risk group. Compared to radiation alone, androgen deprivation therapy in high-risk disease was associated with worse sexual function at 3 years (effect: -20.3 points, CI [-31.8, -8.8], p < 0.001) but not at 5 years (effect: -3.4, CI [-17.2, 10.5], p = 0.63). CONCLUSIONS Androgen deprivation therapy plus radiation is associated with worse sexual function through 3-years follow-up in men with high-risk prostate cancer compared to radiation alone. The addition of androgen deprivation therapy in the treatment of intermediate-risk disease does not appear to result in worse sexual function at 3 or 5-year follow-up compared to radiation alone.
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- Daniel D Joyce
- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 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 Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Office of Patient and Community Education, Patient Advocacy Program, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Preventative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Louisiana State University New Orleans School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Health, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Health, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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Wen W, Luckenbaugh AN, Bayley CE, Penson DF, Shu XO. Racial disparities in mortality for patients with prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy. Cancer 2021; 127:1517-1528. [PMID: 32895938 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.33152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Revised: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although racial disparities in prostate cancer survival are well documented, the relative importance of contributing factors remains unclear. Few studies have examined the disparity between Whites and Hispanics or between Whites and Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). METHODS Using data from the National Cancer Database for 526,690 patients with prostate cancer who underwent radical prostatectomy between 2004 and 2014, this study systematically evaluated the impact of clinical characteristics and factors related to access to care on survival by race. Included in the analysis were 432,640 White patients (82.1%), 63,602 Black patients (12.1%), 8990 AAPI patients (1.7%), and 21,458 Hispanic patients (4.1%). Multivariable Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals to measure racial survival disparities. Inverse probability weighting was used to adjust for imbalances of prognostic factors. RESULTS When adjustments were made for age and year of diagnosis only, Blacks had 51% higher mortality, AAPIs had 22% lower mortality, and Hispanics had 6% lower mortality than Whites. Overall, with adjustments for all clinical factors and nonclinical factors, the Black-White survival disparity narrowed to 20%, whereas the AAPI-White disparity increased to 35%. Among the controlled-for factors, education, median household income, and insurance status contributed the most to the racial disparity. CONCLUSIONS The overall survival disparity among men undergoing radical prostatectomy was significantly decreased, but not eliminated, for Blacks and significantly increased for AAPIs in comparison with Whites after adjustments for a number of clinical factors and factors related to access to care.
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- Wanqing Wen
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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Bhanvadia SK, Psutka SP, Burg ML, de Wit R, Dhillon HM, Gyawali B, Morgans AK, Goldstein DA, Smith AB, Sun M, Penson DF. Financial Toxicity Among Patients with Prostate, Bladder, and Kidney Cancer: A Systematic Review and Call to Action. Eur Urol Oncol 2021; 4:396-404. [PMID: 33820747 DOI: 10.1016/j.euo.2021.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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CONTEXT Financial toxicity (FT) refers to the detrimental effects of financial strain caused by a cancer diagnosis on the well-being of patients and their families. It is highly prevalent among cancer patients and has been associated with inferior clinical outcomes. OBJECTIVE To summarize the literature regarding FT among patients with prostate, bladder, and kidney cancer, and to propose a framework for future FT investigations. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Primary manuscripts and abstracts reporting FT as a primary or secondary outcome or a covariate in patients with prostate, bladder, or kidney cancer, published before May 2020, were retrieved using the PubMed, Scopus, Embase, CINAHL, and Cochrane databases in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) statement. Of 629 titles identified, 19, ten, and two studies met the inclusion criteria for prostate, bladder, and kidney cancer, respectively, and were included (24 unique articles). EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS Significant heterogeneity was observed in covariates, methodology, and measure of FT. Factors commonly associated with FT included younger age at diagnosis, black race, low socioeconomic status, low education attainment, and rurality. FT was commonly associated with lower quality of life and nonadherence. FT was common among patients in countries with universal health coverage as well as those without, although the nature of these costs differed. CONCLUSIONS Despite paucity of literature, it is suggested that FT is common among patients with prostate and bladder cancer, and remains uncharacterized in kidney cancer patients. Future work will benefit from the incorporation of a formal FT framework, utilization of validated FT instruments to characterize FT consistently, and inclusion of FT measures in outcomes reported by patients with genitourinary cancers. PATIENT SUMMARY Financial toxicity affects many prostate, bladder, and kidney cancer patients; however, this toxicity is understudied. It is associated with decreased quality of life and lower medication and treatment adherence.
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- Sumeet K Bhanvadia
- USC Norris Cancer Center, Keck Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Department of Urology, University of Washington Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
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- USC Norris Cancer Center, Keck Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Dept Medical Oncology Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Medical Psychology & Evidence-based Decision-making, School of Psychology, Faculty of Science, University of SydneyANZUP Cancer Trials Group, Sydney, Australia
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- Departments of Oncology and Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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De Giorgi U, Hussain MHA, Shore ND, Fizazi K, Tombal B, Penson DF, Saad F, Efstathiou E, Madziarska K, Steinberg JL, Sugg J, Lin X, Shen Q, Sternberg CN. PROSPER subgroup analysis by age and region: Overall survival and safety in men with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy plus enzalutamide. J Clin Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.6_suppl.84] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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84 Background: Previous reports on the PROSPER trial have shown that enzalutamide (ENZA) plus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) significantly improves metastasis-free survival and overall survival (OS) over placebo (PBO) in men with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC) and rapidly rising prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels. (Hussain et al. N Engl J Med. 2018;378:2465-2474/Sternberg et al. N Engl J Med. 2020;382:2197-2206). To inform decision-making for specific patients, we report here a post hoc analysis of OS and safety in subgroups of PROSPER by age and region. Methods: PROSPER included men with nmCRPC and a PSA doubling time ≤ 10 months. Enrolled men continued ADT and were randomized 2:1 to ENZA 160 mg once daily vs PBO. We performed a multivariable analysis for OS, including age (≤ 70 yrs and > 70 yrs), geographic region, and other variables and further examined exposure-adjusted adverse events (AEs) by age and region. Results: Based on this post hoc analysis, OS benefit with ENZA treatment was similar across geographic regions (table) and for patients aged ≥ 70 yrs (hazard ratio [HR] 0.73; 95% CI 0.58-0.9) and those aged < 70 yrs (HR 0.72, 95% CI 0.5-1.04). In our multivariate analysis, 3 factors emerged as significantly impacting estimated OS: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (1 vs 0; HR 1.7; 95% CI 1.4-2.1), log of PSA (HR 1.2; 95% CI 1.1-1.3), and use of subsequent therapy (yes vs no; HR 2.5; 95% CI 2.1-3.1). Overall safety was consistent between age groups and across geographic regions. The proportion of patients reporting any grade treatment-emergent AEs (TEAEs) related to ENZA use was similar between age groups but decreased with increasing age. Conclusions: In men with nmCRPC and rapidly rising PSA, ENZA plus ADT treatment reduced the risk of death, regardless of age or geographic location. Patients reported any grade TEAEs at a similar proportion in both arms. Variables impacting OS included ECOG status, log PSA, and subsequent therapy. Clinical trial information: NCT02003924. [Table: see text]
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- Ugo De Giorgi
- Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST), IRCCS, Meldola, Italy
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- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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- University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA
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- Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
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Pasalic D, Barocas DA, Huang LC, Zhao Z, Koyama T, Tang C, Conwill R, Goodman M, Hamilton AS, Wu XC, Paddock LE, Stroup AM, Cooperberg MR, Hashibe M, O'Neil BB, Kaplan SH, Greenfield S, Penson DF, Hoffman KE. Five-year outcomes from a prospective comparative effectiveness study evaluating external-beam radiotherapy with or without low-dose-rate brachytherapy boost for localized prostate cancer. Cancer 2021; 127:1912-1925. [PMID: 33595853 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.33388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND To inform patients who are in the process of selecting prostate cancer treatment, the authors compared disease-specific function after external-beam radiotherapy (EBRT) alone versus EBRT plus a low-dose-rate (LDR) brachytherapy boost (EBRT-LDR). METHODS For this prospective study, men who had localized prostate cancer in 2011 and 2012 were enrolled. Assessments at baseline, 0.5, 1, 3, and 5 years included the patient-reported Expanded Prostate Index Composite, the 36-item Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form Health Survey, and treatment-related regret. Regression models were adjusted for baseline function and for patient and treatment characteristics. The minimum clinically important difference in scores on the Expanded Prostate Index Composite 26-item instrument was from 5 to 7 for urinary irritation and from 4 to 6 for bowel function. RESULTS Six-hundred ninety-five men met inclusion criteria and received either EBRT (n = 583) or EBRT-LDR (n = 112). Patients in the EBRT-LDR group were younger (median age, 66 years [interquartile range [IQR], 60-71 years] vs 69 years [IQR, 64-74 years]; P < .001), were less likely to receive pelvic radiotherapy (10% vs 18%; P = .040), and had higher baseline 36-item Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form Health Survey physical function scores (median score, 95 [IQR, 86-100] vs 90 [IQR, 70-100]; P < .001). Over a 3-year period, compared with EBRT, EBRT-LDR was associated with worse urinary irritative scores (adjusted mean difference at 3 years, -5.4; 95% CI, -9.3, -1.6) and bowel function scores (-4.1; 95% CI, -7.6, -0.5). The differences were no longer clinically meaningful at 5 years (difference in urinary irritative scores: -4.5; 95% CI, -8.4, -0.5; difference in bowel function scores: -2.1; 95% CI, -5.7, -1.4). However, men who received EBRT-LDR were more likely to report moderate or big problems with urinary function bother (adjusted odds ratio, 3.5; 95% CI, 1.5-8.2) and frequent urination (adjusted odds ratio, 2.6; 95% CI, 1.2-5.6) through 5 years. There were no differences in survival or treatment-related regret between treatment groups. CONCLUSIONS Compared with EBRT alone, EBRT-LDR was associated with clinically meaningful worse urinary irritative and bowel function over 3 years after treatment and more urinary bother at 5 years. LAY SUMMARY In men with prostate cancer who received external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) with or without a brachytherapy boost (EBRT-LDR), EBRT-LDR was associated with clinically worse urinary irritation and bowel function through 3 years but resolved after 5 years. Men who received EBRT-LDR continued to report moderate-to-big problems with urinary function bother and frequent urination through 5 years. There was no difference in treatment-related regret or survival between patients who received EBRT and those who received EBRT-LDR. These intermediate-term estimates of function may facilitate counseling for men who are selecting treatment.
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- Dario Pasalic
- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Patient Advocacy Program, Office of Patient and Community Education, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Preventative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Epidemiology, Louisiana State University New Orleans School of Public Health, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Epidemiology, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Health, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Department of Epidemiology, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Health, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Urology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Schaeffer E, Srinivas S, Antonarakis ES, Armstrong AJ, Bekelman JE, Cheng H, D’Amico AV, Davis BJ, Desai N, Dorff T, Eastham JA, Farrington TA, Gao X, Horwitz EM, Ippolito JE, Kuettel MR, Lang JM, McKay R, McKenney J, Netto G, Penson DF, Pow-Sang JM, Reiter R, Richey S, Roach, III M, Rosenfeld S, Shabsigh A, Spratt DE, Teply BA, Tward J, Shead DA, Freedman-Cass DA. NCCN Guidelines Insights: Prostate Cancer, Version 1.2021. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2021; 19:134-143. [DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2021.0008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The NCCN Guidelines for Prostate Cancer address staging and risk assessment after a prostate cancer diagnosis and include management options for localized, regional, and metastatic disease. Recommendations for disease monitoring and treatment of recurrent disease are also included. The NCCN Prostate Cancer Panel meets annually to reevaluate and update their recommendations based on new clinical data and input from within NCCN Member Institutions and from external entities. This article summarizes the panel’s discussions for the 2021 update of the guidelines with regard to systemic therapy for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
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- Edward Schaeffer
- 1Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
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- 6Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
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- 7Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
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- 9UT Southwestern Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- 7Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
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- 14Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine
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- 18Case Comprehensive Cancer Center/University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute
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- 23St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital/The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
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- 25University of California San Francisco Patient Services Committee Chair
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- 26The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
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- 29Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; and
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Balci M, Glaser ZA, Chang SS, Herrell SD, Barocas DA, Keegan KA, Moses KA, Resnick MJ, Smith JA, Penson DF, Scarpato K, Clark PE. Differential effect of body mass index by gender on oncological outcomes in patients with renal cell carcinoma. J Cancer Res Ther 2021; 17:420-425. [PMID: 34121687 DOI: 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_546_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Objectives To investigate the relationship between gender, body mass index (BMI), and prognosis in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients. Materials and Methods We retrospectively reviewed 1353 patients with RCC who underwent a partial or radical nephrectomy between 1988 and 2015. The association among sex, BMI, stage, grade, overall survival (OS), and recurrence-free survival (RFS) was analyzed. Results The median age of the patients was 59.4 ± 11.9 years. Female patients had proportionally lower grade tumors than male patients (Grade I-II in 75.5% vs. 69.3% in women and men, respectively, P = 0.022). There was no relationship between Fuhrman grade and BMI when substratified by gender (p > 0.05). There was a nonsignificant trend toward more localized disease in female patients (p = 0.058). There was no relationship between T stage and BMI when stratified by gender (p > 0.05). Patients with higher BMI had significantly better OS (p = 0.0004 and P = 0.0003) and RFS (P = 0.0209 and P =0.0082) whether broken out by lower 33rd or 25th percentile. Male patients with higher BMI had significantly better OS and RFS rates. However, there was no relationship between BMI and OS or RFS for female patients (P > 0.05). Multivariate analysis of the entire cohort demonstrated that a BMI in the lower quartile independently predicts OS (hazard ratio 1.604 [95% confidence interval: 1.07-2.408], P = 0.022) but not RFS (P > 0.05). When stratified by gender, there was no relationship between BMI and either OS or RFS (P > 0.05). Conclusions Increasing BMI was associated with RCC prognosis. However, the clinical association between BMI and oncologic outcomes may be different between men and women.
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- Melih Balci
- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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Staehler MD, Battle DJ, Bergerot CD, Pal SK, Penson DF. COVID-19 and financial toxicity in patients with renal cell carcinoma. World J Urol 2020; 39:2559-2565. [PMID: 33090258 PMCID: PMC7578440 DOI: 10.1007/s00345-020-03476-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Purpose To ascertain renal cell carcinoma (RCC) financial toxicity on COVID-19 during the COVID-19 crisis as patients are struggling with therapeutic and financial implications. Methods An online survey was conducted from March 22 to March 25, 2020. It included baseline demographic, clinicopathologic, treatment-related information, anxiety levels related to COVID-19, questions related to financial concerns about COVID-19 as well as the validated 11-item COST measure. Results Five-hundred-and-thirty-nine patients (39%:58% male:female) from 14 countries responded. 23% of the patients did not feel in control of their financial situation but 8% reported being very satisfied with their finances. The median COST score was 21.5 (range 1–44). Metastatic patients who have not started systemic therapy had a COST score (19.8 range 2–41) versus patients on oral systemic therapy had a COST score (23.9 range 4–44). Patients in follow-up after surgery had a median COST score at 20.8 (range 1–40). A low COST scores correlated (p < 0.001) were female gender (r = 0.108), younger age (r = 0.210), urban living situation (r = 0.68), a lower educational level (r = 0.155), lower income (r = 0.165), higher anxiety about acquiring COVID-19 (r = 0.198), having metastatic disease (r = 0.073) and a higher distress score about cancer progression (r = 0.224). Conclusion Our data highlight severe financial impact of COVID-19. Acknowledging financial hardship and thorough counseling of cancer patients should be part of the conversation during the pandemic. Treatment and surveillance of RCC patients might have to be adjusted to contemplate financial and medical needs. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s00345-020-03476-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Michael D Staehler
- Department of Urology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, University of Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany.
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- Kidney Cancer Research Alliance (KCCure), Alexandria, VA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Experimental Therapeutics, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Experimental Therapeutics, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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Sui W, Wallis CJD, Luckenbaugh AN, Barocas DA, Chang SS, Penson DF, Resnick MJ, Laviana AA. The Impact of Hospital Volume on Short-term and Long-term Outcomes for Patients Undergoing Radical Nephroureterectomy for Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma. Urology 2020; 147:135-142. [PMID: 32891638 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2020.07.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To examine the effect of hospital volume on short and long-term outcomes for radical nephroureterectomy (RNUx). Upper tract urothelial carcinoma is a rare malignancy that few surgeons have experience with. The hospital volume-outcome relationship has been well established for other cancers but not RNUx. METHODS The National Cancer Database was queried for all cases of upper tract urothelial carcinoma that underwent RNUx from 2004 to 2016. Average annual hospital volume for radical nephroureterectomy was stratified into tertiles. The upper tertile, defined as 6 or more RNUx per year, was considered high volume while low volume was less than 6 RNUx per year. Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards regression were used to identify independent predictors of overall survival, and logistic regression was used to identify predictors of perioperative outcomes. RESULTS We identified 37,479 RNUx performed across 1290 hospitals. There were no differences in baseline health or cancer staging between patients who presented at low- versus high-volume centers. Both peri-operative survival (30- and 90-day mortality) and long-term overall survival were improved in patients treated at high-volume centers. On multivariable survival analysis, treatment at a high-volume center was associated with improved hazards of survival. This relationship for long-term survival remained consistent on landmark analysis where patients who died within 90 days of surgery were removed. CONCLUSIONS Treatment at a high-volume hospital was associated not only with improved short-term perioperative outcomes but also with improved overall long-term survival. The mechanism behind this is likely multifactorial with surgeon volume, and ancillary support services all playing critical roles.
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- Wilson Sui
- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
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Mohler JL, Antonarakis ES, Armstrong AJ, D'Amico AV, Davis BJ, Dorff T, Eastham JA, Enke CA, Farrington TA, Higano CS, Horwitz EM, Hurwitz M, Ippolito JE, Kane CJ, Kuettel MR, Lang JM, McKenney J, Netto G, Penson DF, Plimack ER, Pow-Sang JM, Pugh TJ, Richey S, Roach M, Rosenfeld S, Schaeffer E, Shabsigh A, Small EJ, Spratt DE, Srinivas S, Tward J, Shead DA, Freedman-Cass DA. Prostate Cancer, Version 2.2019, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2020; 17:479-505. [PMID: 31085757 DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2019.0023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 814] [Impact Index Per Article: 203.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The NCCN Guidelines for Prostate Cancer include recommendations regarding diagnosis, risk stratification and workup, treatment options for localized disease, and management of recurrent and advanced disease for clinicians who treat patients with prostate cancer. The portions of the guidelines included herein focus on the roles of germline and somatic genetic testing, risk stratification with nomograms and tumor multigene molecular testing, androgen deprivation therapy, secondary hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy in patients with prostate cancer.
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- Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine
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- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center/University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
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- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
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- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; and
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Huelster HL, Laviana AA, Joyce DD, Huang LC, Zhao Z, Koyama T, Hoffman KE, Conwill R, Goodman M, Hamilton AS, Wu XC, Paddock LE, Stroup A, Cooperberg M, Hashibe M, O'Neil BB, Kaplan SH, Greenfield S, Penson DF, Barocas DA. Radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy: Effect of timing of postprostatectomy radiation on functional outcomes. Urol Oncol 2020; 38:930.e23-930.e32. [PMID: 32736934 DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2020.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE The timing of radiotherapy (RT) after prostatectomy is controversial, and its effect on sexual, urinary, and bowel function is unknown. This study seeks to compare patient-reported functional outcomes after radical prostatectomy (RP) and postprostatectomy radiation as well as elucidate the timing of radiation to allow optimal recovery of function. METHODS The Comparative Effectiveness Analysis of Surgery and Radiation (CEASAR) study is a prospective, population-based, observational study of men with localized prostate cancer. Patient-reported sexual, urinary, and bowel functional outcomes were measured using the 26-item Expanded Prostate Index Composite at baseline and at 6, 12, 36, and 60 months after enrollment. Functional outcomes were compared among men undergoing RP alone, post-RP adjuvant radiation (RP + aRT), and post-RP salvage radiation (RP + sRT) using multivariable models controlling for baseline clinical, demographic, and functional characteristics. RESULTS Among 1,482 CEASAR participants initially treated with RP for clinically localized prostate cancer, 11.5% (N = 170) received adjuvant (aRT, N = 57) or salvage (sRT, N = 113) radiation. Men who received post-RP RT had worse scores in all domains (sexual function [-9.0, 95% confidence interval {-14.5, -3.6}, P < 0.001], incontinence [-8.8, {-14.0, -3.6}, P < 0.001], irritative voiding [-5.9, {-9.0, -2.8}, P < 0.001], bowel irritative [-3.5, {-5.8, -1.2}, P = 0.002], and hormonal function [-4.5, {-7.2, -1.7}, P = 0.001]) compared to RP alone at 5 years of follow-up. Compared to men treated with RP alone in an adjusted linear model, sRT was associated with significantly worse scores in all functional domains. aRT was associated with significantly worse incontinence, urinary irritation, and hormonal function domain scores compared to RP alone at 5 years of follow-up. On multivariable modeling, RT administered approximately 24 months after RP was associated with the smallest decline in sexual domain score, with an adjusted mean decrease of 8.85 points (95% confidence interval [-19.8, 2.1]) from post-RP, pre-RT baseline. CONCLUSIONS In men with localized prostate cancer, post-RP RT was associated with significantly worse sexual, urinary, and bowel function domain scores at 5 years compared to RP alone. Radiation delayed for approximately 24 months after RP may be optimal for preserving erectile function compared to radiation administered closer to the time of RP.
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- Heather L Huelster
- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Office of Patient and Community Education, Patient Advocacy Program, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Louisiana State University New Orleans School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ; Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; New Jersey State Cancer Registry, New Jersey Department of Health, Trenton, NJ
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ; Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; New Jersey State Cancer Registry, New Jersey Department of Health, Trenton, NJ
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- Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Department of Urology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
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Hawkins AT, Rothman RL, Geiger TM, Canedo J, Edwards-Hollingsworth K, LaNeve DC, Penson DF. Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Colon and Rectal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Quality Assessment. Dis Colon Rectum 2020; 63:1156-1167. [PMID: 32692077 PMCID: PMC8029646 DOI: 10.1097/dcr.0000000000001717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is growing interest in using patient-reported outcome measures to support value-based care in colorectal surgery. To draw valid conclusions regarding patient-reported outcomes data, measures with robust measurement properties are required. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess the use and quality of patient-reported outcome measures in colorectal surgery. DATA SOURCES Three major databases were searched for studies using patient-reported outcome measures in the context of colorectal surgery. STUDY SELECTION Articles that used patient-reported outcome measures as outcome for colorectal surgical intervention in a comparative effectiveness analysis were included. Exclusion criteria included articles older than 11 years, non-English language, age <18 years, fewer than 40 patients, case reports, review articles, and studies without comparison. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES This was a quality assessment using a previously reported checklist of psychometric properties. RESULTS From 2007 to 2018, 368 studies were deemed to meet inclusion criteria. These studies used 165 distinct patient-reported outcome measures. Thirty were used 5 or more times and were selected for quality assessment. Overall, the measures were generally high quality, with 21 (70%) scoring ≥14 on an 18-point scale. Notable weaknesses included management of missing data (14%) and description of literacy level (0%). LIMITATIONS The study was limited by its use of original articles for quality assessment. Measures were selected for quality analysis based on frequency of use rather than other factors, such as impact of the article or number of patients in the study. CONCLUSIONS Patient-reported outcome measures are widely used in colorectal research. There was a wide range of measures available, and many were used only once. The most frequently used measures are generally high quality, but a majority lack details on how to deal with missing data and information on literacy levels. As the use of patient-reported outcome measures to assess colorectal surgical intervention increases, researchers and practitioners need to become more knowledgeable about the measures available and their quality.
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- Alexander T. Hawkins
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of General Surgery, Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Nashville, TN
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Center for Health Services Research, Nashville, TN
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of General Surgery, Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Nashville, TN
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Center for Health Services Research, Nashville, TN
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of General Surgery, Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Nashville, TN
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of General Surgery, Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Nashville, TN
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Urologic Surgery, Nashville, TN
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Ramsey SD, Hall IJ, Smith JL, Ekwueme DU, Fedorenko CR, Kreizenbeck K, Bansal A, Thompson IM, Penson DF. A comparison of general, genitourinary, bowel, and sexual quality of life among long term survivors of prostate, bladder, colorectal, and lung cancer. J Geriatr Oncol 2020; 12:305-311. [PMID: 32739353 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2020.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Revised: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Studies of local stage prostate cancer survivors suggest that treatments carry risk of persistent impotence, incontinence, and bowel dysfunction. To examine impacts of cancer type and side effects on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in long-term cancer survivorship, we evaluated 5-year follow-up of patients with prostate cancer and compared results with a matched group of male long-term survivors of other local-stage cancers. MATERIALS AND METHODS We examined genitourinary, bowel and sexual symptoms, and general quality of life. Matched survivors of colorectal, lung, and bladder cancers were recruited via registries in 3 different regions in the United States. Patients were surveyed 3-5 years after diagnosis with the SF-12 and EPIC to evaluate general mental and physical health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and patient function and bother. RESULTS We analyzed responses from long-term prostate (n = 77) and bladder, colorectal, and lung cancer (n = 124) patients. In multivariate analysis, long-term local stage prostate cancer survivors had significantly higher SF-12 physical component scores but did not differ from long-term survivors of other cancers in terms of their SF-12 mental summary scores. Prostate survivors had similar mental, urinary, bowel, and sexual HRQoL compared to long-term survivors of other local stage cancers. CONCLUSION Long-term general and prostate-specific HRQoL was similar between local stage prostate and bladder, colorectal, and lung patients with cancer. Future research focusing on factors other than initial treatment and the cancer type per se may provide more meaningful information regarding factors that predict disparities on HRQoL among longer-term survivors of early stage male cancers.
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- Scott D Ramsey
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., MS: M3-B232, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA.
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, MS F76, Chamblee, GA 30341, USA.
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, MS F76, Chamblee, GA 30341, USA.
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, MS F76, Chamblee, GA 30341, USA.
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., MS: M3-B232, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA.
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., MS: M3-B232, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA.
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., MS: M3-B232, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA; University of Washington, Department of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Box 357630, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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- University of Texas Health Science Center, 7979 Wurzbach Rd, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA; Christus Santa Rosa Hospital and Medical Center, 2827 Babcock Rd, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
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- Department of Urology and Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California/Norris Cancer Center, 1441 Eastlake Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1211 Medical Center Dr, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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Higano CS, Armstrong AJ, Sartor O, Vogelzang NJ, Kantoff PW, McLeod DG, Pieczonka CM, Penson DF, Shore ND, Vacirca J, Concepcion RS, Tutrone RF, Nordquist LT, Quinn DI, Kassabian V, Scholz MC, Harmon M, Tyler RC, Chang NN, Tang H, Cooperberg MR. Reply to Potential underestimation of cerebrovascular events in the PROVENGE Registry for the Observation, Collection, and Evaluation of Experience Data. Cancer 2020; 126:2935-2937. [PMID: 32154908 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.32785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Celestia S Higano
- Division of Medical Oncology, Departments of Medicine and Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.,Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Divisions of Medical Oncology and Urology, Duke University Medical Center, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center and Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Department of Surgery, Center for Prostate Disease Research, Uniformed Services of Health Sciences, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Departments of Urologic Surgery and Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Urology, Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
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- Department of Medical Oncology, GU Research Network, Omaha, Nebraska
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Prostate Cancer Research Institute, Marina del Rey, California
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- Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC, Seattle, Washington
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- Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC, Seattle, Washington
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- Departments of Urology and Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Sternberg CN, Fizazi K, Saad F, Shore ND, De Giorgi U, Penson DF, Ferreira U, Efstathiou E, Madziarska K, Kolinsky MP, Cubero DIG, Noerby B, Zohren F, Lin X, Modelska K, Sugg J, Steinberg J, Hussain M. Enzalutamide and Survival in Nonmetastatic, Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer. N Engl J Med 2020; 382:2197-2206. [PMID: 32469184 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2003892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Preliminary trial results showed that enzalutamide significantly improved metastasis-free survival among men who had nonmetastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer and rapidly increasing prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels while taking androgen-deprivation therapy. Results from the final analysis of overall survival have not yet been reported. METHODS In this double-blind, phase 3 trial, men with nonmetastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (defined on the basis of conventional imaging and a PSA doubling time of ≤10 months) who were continuing to receive androgen-deprivation therapy were randomly assigned (in a 2:1 ratio) to receive enzalutamide at a dose of 160 mg or placebo once daily. Overall survival was assessed with a group sequential testing procedure and an O'Brien-Fleming-type alpha-spending function. RESULTS As of October 15, 2019, a total of 288 of 933 patients (31%) in the enzalutamide group and 178 of 468 (38%) in the placebo group had died. Median overall survival was 67.0 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 64.0 to not reached) in the enzalutamide group and 56.3 months (95% CI, 54.4 to 63.0) in the placebo group (hazard ratio for death, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.61 to 0.89; P = 0.001). The exposure-adjusted rate of adverse events of grade 3 or higher was 17 per 100 patient-years in the enzalutamide group and 20 per 100 patient-years in the placebo group. Adverse events in the enzalutamide group were consistent with those previously reported for enzalutamide; the most frequently reported events were fatigue and musculoskeletal events. CONCLUSIONS Enzalutamide plus androgen-deprivation therapy resulted in longer median overall survival than placebo plus androgen-deprivation therapy among men with nonmetastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer and a rapidly rising PSA level. The risk of death associated with enzalutamide was 27% lower than with placebo. Adverse events were consistent with the established safety profile of enzalutamide. (Funded by Pfizer and Astellas Pharma; PROSPER ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02003924.).
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- Cora N Sternberg
- From the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (C.N.S.); the University of Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (K.F.); the University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal (F.S.), and Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton (M.P.K.) - both in Canada; the Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC (N.D.S.); Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy (U.D.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (D.F.P.); the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas (U.F.), and the ABC Foundation School of Medicine, Santo André (D.I.G.C.) - both in Brazil; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (E.E.); Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (K. Madziarska); Sygehus Lillebælt, Vejle, Denmark (B.N.); Pfizer, La Jolla (F.Z., X.L.), and Pfizer, San Francisco (K. Modelska) - both in California; and Astellas Pharma, Northbrook (J. Sugg, J. Steinberg), and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago (M.H.) - both in Illinois
| | - Karim Fizazi
- From the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (C.N.S.); the University of Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (K.F.); the University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal (F.S.), and Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton (M.P.K.) - both in Canada; the Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC (N.D.S.); Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy (U.D.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (D.F.P.); the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas (U.F.), and the ABC Foundation School of Medicine, Santo André (D.I.G.C.) - both in Brazil; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (E.E.); Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (K. Madziarska); Sygehus Lillebælt, Vejle, Denmark (B.N.); Pfizer, La Jolla (F.Z., X.L.), and Pfizer, San Francisco (K. Modelska) - both in California; and Astellas Pharma, Northbrook (J. Sugg, J. Steinberg), and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago (M.H.) - both in Illinois
| | - Fred Saad
- From the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (C.N.S.); the University of Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (K.F.); the University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal (F.S.), and Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton (M.P.K.) - both in Canada; the Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC (N.D.S.); Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy (U.D.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (D.F.P.); the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas (U.F.), and the ABC Foundation School of Medicine, Santo André (D.I.G.C.) - both in Brazil; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (E.E.); Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (K. Madziarska); Sygehus Lillebælt, Vejle, Denmark (B.N.); Pfizer, La Jolla (F.Z., X.L.), and Pfizer, San Francisco (K. Modelska) - both in California; and Astellas Pharma, Northbrook (J. Sugg, J. Steinberg), and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago (M.H.) - both in Illinois
| | - Neal D Shore
- From the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (C.N.S.); the University of Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (K.F.); the University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal (F.S.), and Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton (M.P.K.) - both in Canada; the Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC (N.D.S.); Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy (U.D.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (D.F.P.); the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas (U.F.), and the ABC Foundation School of Medicine, Santo André (D.I.G.C.) - both in Brazil; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (E.E.); Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (K. Madziarska); Sygehus Lillebælt, Vejle, Denmark (B.N.); Pfizer, La Jolla (F.Z., X.L.), and Pfizer, San Francisco (K. Modelska) - both in California; and Astellas Pharma, Northbrook (J. Sugg, J. Steinberg), and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago (M.H.) - both in Illinois
| | - Ugo De Giorgi
- From the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (C.N.S.); the University of Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (K.F.); the University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal (F.S.), and Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton (M.P.K.) - both in Canada; the Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC (N.D.S.); Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy (U.D.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (D.F.P.); the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas (U.F.), and the ABC Foundation School of Medicine, Santo André (D.I.G.C.) - both in Brazil; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (E.E.); Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (K. Madziarska); Sygehus Lillebælt, Vejle, Denmark (B.N.); Pfizer, La Jolla (F.Z., X.L.), and Pfizer, San Francisco (K. Modelska) - both in California; and Astellas Pharma, Northbrook (J. Sugg, J. Steinberg), and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago (M.H.) - both in Illinois
| | - David F Penson
- From the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (C.N.S.); the University of Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (K.F.); the University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal (F.S.), and Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton (M.P.K.) - both in Canada; the Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC (N.D.S.); Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy (U.D.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (D.F.P.); the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas (U.F.), and the ABC Foundation School of Medicine, Santo André (D.I.G.C.) - both in Brazil; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (E.E.); Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (K. Madziarska); Sygehus Lillebælt, Vejle, Denmark (B.N.); Pfizer, La Jolla (F.Z., X.L.), and Pfizer, San Francisco (K. Modelska) - both in California; and Astellas Pharma, Northbrook (J. Sugg, J. Steinberg), and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago (M.H.) - both in Illinois
| | - Ubirajara Ferreira
- From the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (C.N.S.); the University of Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (K.F.); the University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal (F.S.), and Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton (M.P.K.) - both in Canada; the Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC (N.D.S.); Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy (U.D.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (D.F.P.); the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas (U.F.), and the ABC Foundation School of Medicine, Santo André (D.I.G.C.) - both in Brazil; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (E.E.); Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (K. Madziarska); Sygehus Lillebælt, Vejle, Denmark (B.N.); Pfizer, La Jolla (F.Z., X.L.), and Pfizer, San Francisco (K. Modelska) - both in California; and Astellas Pharma, Northbrook (J. Sugg, J. Steinberg), and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago (M.H.) - both in Illinois
| | - Eleni Efstathiou
- From the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (C.N.S.); the University of Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (K.F.); the University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal (F.S.), and Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton (M.P.K.) - both in Canada; the Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC (N.D.S.); Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy (U.D.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (D.F.P.); the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas (U.F.), and the ABC Foundation School of Medicine, Santo André (D.I.G.C.) - both in Brazil; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (E.E.); Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (K. Madziarska); Sygehus Lillebælt, Vejle, Denmark (B.N.); Pfizer, La Jolla (F.Z., X.L.), and Pfizer, San Francisco (K. Modelska) - both in California; and Astellas Pharma, Northbrook (J. Sugg, J. Steinberg), and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago (M.H.) - both in Illinois
| | - Katarzyna Madziarska
- From the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (C.N.S.); the University of Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (K.F.); the University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal (F.S.), and Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton (M.P.K.) - both in Canada; the Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC (N.D.S.); Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy (U.D.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (D.F.P.); the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas (U.F.), and the ABC Foundation School of Medicine, Santo André (D.I.G.C.) - both in Brazil; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (E.E.); Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (K. Madziarska); Sygehus Lillebælt, Vejle, Denmark (B.N.); Pfizer, La Jolla (F.Z., X.L.), and Pfizer, San Francisco (K. Modelska) - both in California; and Astellas Pharma, Northbrook (J. Sugg, J. Steinberg), and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago (M.H.) - both in Illinois
| | - Michael P Kolinsky
- From the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (C.N.S.); the University of Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (K.F.); the University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal (F.S.), and Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton (M.P.K.) - both in Canada; the Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC (N.D.S.); Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy (U.D.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (D.F.P.); the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas (U.F.), and the ABC Foundation School of Medicine, Santo André (D.I.G.C.) - both in Brazil; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (E.E.); Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (K. Madziarska); Sygehus Lillebælt, Vejle, Denmark (B.N.); Pfizer, La Jolla (F.Z., X.L.), and Pfizer, San Francisco (K. Modelska) - both in California; and Astellas Pharma, Northbrook (J. Sugg, J. Steinberg), and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago (M.H.) - both in Illinois
| | - Daniel I G Cubero
- From the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (C.N.S.); the University of Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (K.F.); the University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal (F.S.), and Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton (M.P.K.) - both in Canada; the Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC (N.D.S.); Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy (U.D.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (D.F.P.); the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas (U.F.), and the ABC Foundation School of Medicine, Santo André (D.I.G.C.) - both in Brazil; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (E.E.); Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (K. Madziarska); Sygehus Lillebælt, Vejle, Denmark (B.N.); Pfizer, La Jolla (F.Z., X.L.), and Pfizer, San Francisco (K. Modelska) - both in California; and Astellas Pharma, Northbrook (J. Sugg, J. Steinberg), and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago (M.H.) - both in Illinois
| | - Bettina Noerby
- From the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (C.N.S.); the University of Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (K.F.); the University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal (F.S.), and Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton (M.P.K.) - both in Canada; the Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC (N.D.S.); Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy (U.D.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (D.F.P.); the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas (U.F.), and the ABC Foundation School of Medicine, Santo André (D.I.G.C.) - both in Brazil; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (E.E.); Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (K. Madziarska); Sygehus Lillebælt, Vejle, Denmark (B.N.); Pfizer, La Jolla (F.Z., X.L.), and Pfizer, San Francisco (K. Modelska) - both in California; and Astellas Pharma, Northbrook (J. Sugg, J. Steinberg), and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago (M.H.) - both in Illinois
| | - Fabian Zohren
- From the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (C.N.S.); the University of Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (K.F.); the University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal (F.S.), and Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton (M.P.K.) - both in Canada; the Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC (N.D.S.); Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy (U.D.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (D.F.P.); the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas (U.F.), and the ABC Foundation School of Medicine, Santo André (D.I.G.C.) - both in Brazil; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (E.E.); Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (K. Madziarska); Sygehus Lillebælt, Vejle, Denmark (B.N.); Pfizer, La Jolla (F.Z., X.L.), and Pfizer, San Francisco (K. Modelska) - both in California; and Astellas Pharma, Northbrook (J. Sugg, J. Steinberg), and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago (M.H.) - both in Illinois
| | - Xun Lin
- From the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (C.N.S.); the University of Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (K.F.); the University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal (F.S.), and Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton (M.P.K.) - both in Canada; the Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC (N.D.S.); Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy (U.D.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (D.F.P.); the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas (U.F.), and the ABC Foundation School of Medicine, Santo André (D.I.G.C.) - both in Brazil; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (E.E.); Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (K. Madziarska); Sygehus Lillebælt, Vejle, Denmark (B.N.); Pfizer, La Jolla (F.Z., X.L.), and Pfizer, San Francisco (K. Modelska) - both in California; and Astellas Pharma, Northbrook (J. Sugg, J. Steinberg), and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago (M.H.) - both in Illinois
| | - Katharina Modelska
- From the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (C.N.S.); the University of Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (K.F.); the University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal (F.S.), and Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton (M.P.K.) - both in Canada; the Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC (N.D.S.); Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy (U.D.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (D.F.P.); the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas (U.F.), and the ABC Foundation School of Medicine, Santo André (D.I.G.C.) - both in Brazil; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (E.E.); Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (K. Madziarska); Sygehus Lillebælt, Vejle, Denmark (B.N.); Pfizer, La Jolla (F.Z., X.L.), and Pfizer, San Francisco (K. Modelska) - both in California; and Astellas Pharma, Northbrook (J. Sugg, J. Steinberg), and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago (M.H.) - both in Illinois
| | - Jennifer Sugg
- From the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (C.N.S.); the University of Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (K.F.); the University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal (F.S.), and Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton (M.P.K.) - both in Canada; the Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC (N.D.S.); Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy (U.D.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (D.F.P.); the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas (U.F.), and the ABC Foundation School of Medicine, Santo André (D.I.G.C.) - both in Brazil; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (E.E.); Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (K. Madziarska); Sygehus Lillebælt, Vejle, Denmark (B.N.); Pfizer, La Jolla (F.Z., X.L.), and Pfizer, San Francisco (K. Modelska) - both in California; and Astellas Pharma, Northbrook (J. Sugg, J. Steinberg), and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago (M.H.) - both in Illinois
| | - Joyce Steinberg
- From the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (C.N.S.); the University of Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (K.F.); the University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal (F.S.), and Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton (M.P.K.) - both in Canada; the Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC (N.D.S.); Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy (U.D.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (D.F.P.); the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas (U.F.), and the ABC Foundation School of Medicine, Santo André (D.I.G.C.) - both in Brazil; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (E.E.); Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (K. Madziarska); Sygehus Lillebælt, Vejle, Denmark (B.N.); Pfizer, La Jolla (F.Z., X.L.), and Pfizer, San Francisco (K. Modelska) - both in California; and Astellas Pharma, Northbrook (J. Sugg, J. Steinberg), and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago (M.H.) - both in Illinois
| | - Maha Hussain
- From the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (C.N.S.); the University of Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (K.F.); the University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal (F.S.), and Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton (M.P.K.) - both in Canada; the Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC (N.D.S.); Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy (U.D.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (D.F.P.); the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas (U.F.), and the ABC Foundation School of Medicine, Santo André (D.I.G.C.) - both in Brazil; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (E.E.); Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (K. Madziarska); Sygehus Lillebælt, Vejle, Denmark (B.N.); Pfizer, La Jolla (F.Z., X.L.), and Pfizer, San Francisco (K. Modelska) - both in California; and Astellas Pharma, Northbrook (J. Sugg, J. Steinberg), and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago (M.H.) - both in Illinois
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Sartor O, Armstrong AJ, Ahaghotu C, McLeod DG, Cooperberg MR, Penson DF, Kantoff PW, Vogelzang NJ, Hussain A, Pieczonka CM, Shore ND, Quinn DI, Heath EI, Tutrone RF, Schellhammer PF, Harmon M, Chang NN, Freedland SJ, Higano CS. Abstract D084: Overall survival (OS) of African-American (AA) and Caucasian (CAU) men who received sipuleucel-T for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC)—final PROCEED analysis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2020. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7755.disp19-d084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer risk and mortality are higher in AAs versus CAUs. Post-hoc analyses of pooled Phase 3 data (n = 737) suggested substantial OS benefit for AA men receiving sipuleucel-T (n=33) vs placebo (n = 10) (McLeod 2012). Compared with pooled placebo patients (n = 249), number needed to treat for OS benefit at 3 years was 3 for AAs and 8 for all sipuleucel-T-treated patients (n = 488) (Moses 2017). Herein we analyzed PROCEED (NCT01306890), a large real-world registry, in which all patients received sipuleucel-T. Previously presented at ASCO Annual Meeting 2019 (Sartor 2019).METHODS: In PROCEED, 1902 mCRPC patients received 1 or more sipuleucel-T infusions. OS of all AA (n=221) and CAU (n=1649) men were compared. Baseline prostate-specific antigen (PSA), the most important prognostic variable for OS after sipuleucel-T (Schellhammer 2013), substantially differed by race. Thus, OS for a PSA-matched cohort (n=219 AA; n=438 CAU) was compared and univariable/multivariable analyses were performed. Post-sipuleucel-T use of OS-prolonging anticancer interventions was also assessed. RESULTS: After a median follow-up of 46.6 mo, median OS was 35.2 (all sipuleucel-T-treated AAs) and 29.9 mo (all sipuleucel-T-treated CAUs): HR 0.81, 95% CI 0.68–0.97; P=0.03. In the PSA-matched cohort, median OS was 35.3 and 25.8 mo, respectively (HR 0.70, 95% CI 0.57–0.86; p<0.001). Sipuleucel-T-treated AAs with lower baseline PSA had markedly longer median OS vs sipuleucel-T-treated CAUs. Among those with PSA less than or equal to median baseline PSA (29.48 ng/ml), median OS was 54.3 mo (AA) vs. 33.4 (CAUs); HR 0.52, 95% CI 0.37–0.72; p<0.001. Along with other known prognostic factors, AA race was independently associated with prolonged OS on detailed multivariable analyses (HR 0.60, 95% CI 0.48–0.74; p<0.001) and confirmed on sensitivity analyses. Post-sipuleucel-T life-prolonging anti-cancer therapies were balanced between groups. CONCLUSIONS: Sipuleucel-T-treated AAs had significantly improved OS vs sipuleucel-T-treated CAUs. This analysis marks the largest known racial difference in OS in response to any therapy for mCRPC, a finding with implications for both prostate cancer pathophysiology and cancer immunotherapy. REFERENCES: Sartor 2012 (DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2019.37.15_suppl.5035); McLeod 2012 (DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.02.1051); Moses KA et al 2017 (DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2016.07.045); Schellhammer 2013 (DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.01.061)
Citation Format: Oliver Sartor, Andrew J Armstrong, Chiledum Ahaghotu, David G McLeod, Matthew R Cooperberg, David F Penson, Philip W Kantoff, Nicholas J Vogelzang, Arif Hussain, Christopher. M Pieczonka, Neal D Shore, David I Quinn, Elisabeth I Heath, Ronald F Tutrone, Paul F Schellhammer, Matthew Harmon, Nancy N Chang, Stephen J Freedland, Celestia S Higano. Overall survival (OS) of African-American (AA) and Caucasian (CAU) men who received sipuleucel-T for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC)—final PROCEED analysis [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Twelfth AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved; 2019 Sep 20-23; San Francisco, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2020;29(6 Suppl_2):Abstract nr D084.
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Affiliation(s)
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- 2Duke Prostate and Urologic Cancer Center, Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC, USA,
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- 4Center for Prostate Disease Research at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA,
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- 5Departments of Urology and Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA,
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- 6Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, VA, USA,
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- 9University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA,
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- 11Department of Urology, Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, NC, USA,
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- 12Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA,
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- 13UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA,
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- 14Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA,
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- 16Department of Urology, Eastern Virginia Medical School Urology of Virginia, Norfolk, VA, USA,
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- 18Center for Integrated Research on Cancer and Lifestyle, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA,
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- 19University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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Sternberg CN, Fizazi K, Saad F, Shore ND, De Giorgi U, Penson DF, Ferreira U, Ivashchenko P, Efstathiou E, Madziarska K, Kolinsky MP, Cubero DI, Noerby B, Zohren F, Lin X, Modelska K, Sugg J, Steinberg JL, Hussain MHA. Final overall survival (OS) from PROSPER: A phase III, randomized, double-blind, placebo (PBO)-controlled study of enzalutamide (ENZA) in men with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC). J Clin Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.5515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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5515 Background: PROSPER previously demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in metastasis-free survival (MFS) (hazard ratio [HR] 0.29; 95% CI 0.24-0.35; P < .001) in men with nmCRPC and rapidly rising prostate-specific antigen (PSA) who received ENZA. When first reported, OS was immature with only 165 of 596 (28%) prespecified deaths. Here we report results from the final OS analysis. Methods: Men with nmCRPC, PSA doubling time ≤ 10 mo, and PSA ≥ 2 ng/mL at screening continued androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and were randomized 2:1 to ENZA 160 mg or PBO. OS treatment effect was assessed using a group sequential testing procedure with O’Brien-Fleming-type alpha spending function ( P ≤ .021 required for statistical significance). Medians were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method; 95% CIs using a stratified Cox regression model. Results: As of Oct 15, 2019 (median follow-up ≈ 48 mo), there were 466 deaths (288 [30.9%] and 178 [38.0%] in the ENZA and PBO arms, respectively). ENZA significantly prolonged OS compared with PBO (HR 0.73; 95% CI 0.61-0.89; P = .0011). Median OS was 67.0 mo (95% CI 64.0-not reached) in the ENZA arm and 56.3 mo (95% CI 54.4-63.0) in the PBO arm. Subsequent antineoplastic therapies were initiated after treatment discontinuation by 310 (33%) men in the ENZA arm vs 303 (65%) in the PBO arm. Median duration of treatment was 33.9 mo vs 14.2 mo with ENZA vs PBO, respectively. Grade ≥ 3 adverse events (AEs) were reported by 48% of men in the ENZA arm vs 27% in the PBO arm (16% vs 6% were drug related, respectively). AEs with event rates per 100 patient-yr that were ≥ 2 points higher with ENZA vs PBO were falls (9 vs 4), fatigue (14 vs 12), and hypertension (7 vs 5). Conclusions: ENZA treatment resulted in a statistically significant 27% reduced risk of death compared with PBO, demonstrating that initiation of ENZA + ADT before the onset of detectable metastasis improves OS in men with CRPC and rapidly rising PSA. This OS benefit ensues despite crossover from the PBO arm to ENZA and higher rates of subsequent antineoplastic therapies in men from the PBO arm. Safety was consistent with previous clinical trials. This final OS analysis from PROSPER provides prospective validation of MFS as a potential surrogate endpoint for OS in nmCRPC and supports the continued use of ENZA + ADT as a standard of care in men with nmCRPC and rapidly rising PSA. Clinical trial information: NCT02003924 .
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- Cora N. Sternberg
- Englander Institute of Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
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- University of Montreal Hospital Center (CHUM), Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy
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- Pfizer Inc., San Francisco, CA
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- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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Sundaram KM, Staruch R, Burtnyk M, Lane JS, Penson DF, Arora SS. MR Imaging-Guided Transurethral Ultrasound Ablation of Localized Prostate Cancer: Preliminary Experience from a Single Center in a Prospective, Multi-Center, Single-Arm Clinical Trial. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2020; 31:740-746.e4. [PMID: 32307311 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2019.12.802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Revised: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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This report details a single-center experience of using magnetic resonance imaging-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation (TULSA) for whole-gland prostate treatment. Nine men with organ-confined low-to-intermediate-risk prostate cancer underwent the TULSA procedure. The primary endpoint of reduction of more than 75% was achieved in 8 of 9 patients, and all patients demonstrated a histologic benefit at 12-month biopsy. No major urinary or gastrointestinal side effects were observed, and there were no postprocedural changes in erectile firmness. These findings suggest that TULSA is potentially safe and efficacious for patients with low-to-intermediate-risk disease.
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- Karthik M Sundaram
- Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21(st) Ave S, CCC1121 MCN, Nashville, TN, 37232
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- Clinical Science, Profound Medical Inc., Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21(st) Ave S, CCC1121 MCN, Nashville, TN, 37232; Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
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Barocas DA, Penson DF. Functional Recovery Following Primary Treatment for Prostate Cancer: Update from the CEASAR Study. Eur Urol Focus 2020; 6:205-207. [DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2019.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Sartor O, Armstrong AJ, Ahaghotu C, McLeod DG, Cooperberg MR, Penson DF, Kantoff PW, Vogelzang NJ, Hussain A, Pieczonka CM, Shore ND, Quinn DI, Small EJ, Heath EI, Tutrone RF, Schellhammer PF, Harmon M, Chang NN, Sheikh NA, Brown B, Freedland SJ, Higano CS. Survival of African-American and Caucasian men after sipuleucel-T immunotherapy: outcomes from the PROCEED registry. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2020; 23:517-526. [PMID: 32111923 PMCID: PMC7423504 DOI: 10.1038/s41391-020-0213-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Revised: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Purpose African Americans experience greater prostate cancer risk and mortality than do Caucasians. An analysis of pooled phase III data suggested differences in overall survival (OS) between African American and Caucasian men receiving sipuleucel-T. We explored this in PROCEED (NCT01306890), an FDA-requested registry in over 1900 patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) treated with sipuleucel-T. Patients and methods OS for patients who received ≥1 sipuleucel-T infusion was compared between African American and Caucasian men using an all patient set and a baseline prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-matched set (two Caucasians to every one African American with baseline PSAs within 10% of each other). Univariable and multivariable analyses were conducted. Survival data were examined using Kaplan–Meier and Cox proportional hazard methodologies. Results Median follow-up was 46.6 months. Overall survival differed between African American and Caucasian men with hazard ratios (HR) of 0.81 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.68–0.97, P = 0.03) in the all patient set and 0.70 (95% CI: 0.57–0.86, P < 0.001) in the PSA-matched set. Median OS was longer in African Americans than in Caucasian men for both analysis sets, e.g., 35.3 and 25.8 months, respectively, in the PSA-matched set. Similar results were observed in the all patient set. Differences were larger when treatment began at lower baseline PSA; curves were more similar among patients with higher baseline PSA. In patients with baseline PSA below the median, the HR was 0.52 (95% CI: 0.37–0.72, P < 0.001), with median OS of 54.3 versus 33.4 months. Known prognostic factors and African American race (multivariable analyses; HR: 0.60, 95% CI: 0.48–0.74, P < 0.001) were independently associated with OS. Use of post-sipuleucel-T anticancer interventions was balanced between races. Conclusion In this exploratory analysis of a registry including nearly 12% African American men with mCRPC, OS was significantly different between African Americans and Caucasians, indicating further research is warranted.
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- Duke Prostate and Urologic Cancer Center, Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC, USA
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.,The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Departments of Urology and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Urology, Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
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- Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Urology, Eastern Virginia Medical School Urology of Virginia, Virginia, VA, USA
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- Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Center for Integrated Research in Cancer and Lifestyle, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,The Durham Veterans Administration, Durham, NC, USA
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- University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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Laviana AA, Zhao Z, Huang LC, Koyama T, Conwill R, Hoffman K, Goodman M, Hamilton AS, Wu XC, Paddock LE, Stroup A, Cooperberg MR, Hashibe M, O'Neil BB, Kaplan SH, Greenfield S, Penson DF, Barocas DA. Development and Internal Validation of a Web-based Tool to Predict Sexual, Urinary, and Bowel Function Longitudinally After Radiation Therapy, Surgery, or Observation. Eur Urol 2020; 78:248-255. [PMID: 32098731 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2020.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Shared decision making to guide treatment of localized prostate cancer requires delivery of the anticipated quality of life (QOL) outcomes of contemporary treatment options (including radical prostatectomy [RP], intensity-modulated radiation therapy [RT], and active surveillance [AS]). Predicting these QOL outcomes based on personalized features is necessary. OBJECTIVE To create an easy-to-use tool to predict personalized sexual, urinary, bowel, and hormonal function outcomes after RP, RT, and AS. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A prospective, population-based cohort study was conducted utilizing US cancer registries of 2563 men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer in 2011-2012. INTERVENTION Patient-reported urinary, sexual, and bowel function up to 5 yr after treatment. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Patient-reported urinary, sexual, bowel, and hormonal function through 5 yr after treatment were collected using the 26-item Expanded Prostate Index Composite (EPIC-26) questionnaire. Comprehensive models to predict domain scores were fit, which included age, race, D'Amico classification, body mass index, EPIC-26 baseline function, treatment, and standardized scores measuring comorbidity, general QOL, and psychosocial health. We reduced these models by removing the instrument scores and replacing D'Amico classification with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and Gleason score. For the final model, we performed bootstrap internal validation to assess model calibration from which an easy-to-use web-based tool was developed. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS The prediction models achieved bias-corrected R-squared values of 0.386, 0.232, 0.183, 0.214, and 0.309 for sexual function, urinary incontinence, urinary irritative, bowel, and hormonal domains, respectively. Differences in R-squared values between the comprehensive and parsimonious models were small in magnitude. Calibration was excellent. The web-based tool is available at https://statez.shinyapps.io/PCDSPred/. CONCLUSIONS Functional outcomes after treatment for localized prostate cancer can be predicted at the time of diagnosis based on age, race, PSA, biopsy grade, baseline function, and a general question regarding overall health. Providers and patients can use this prediction tool to inform shared decision making. PATIENT SUMMARY In this report, we studied patient-reported sexual, urinary, hormonal, and bowel function through 5 yr after treatment with radical prostatectomy, radiation therapy, or active surveillance for localized prostate cancer. We developed a web-based predictive tool that can be used to predict one's outcomes after treatment based on age, race, prostate-specific antigen, biopsy grade, pretreatment baseline function, and a general question regarding overall health. We hope both patients and providers can use this tool to better understand expected outcomes after treatment, further enhancing shared decision making between providers and patients.
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- Aaron A Laviana
- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Office of Patient and Community Education, Patient Advocacy Program, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Center, Huston, TX, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Preventative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Louisiana State University New Orleans School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Health, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Health, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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Morgans AK, Fought A, Lee B, VanderWeele DJ, Hussain MHA, Moses KA, Penson DF. Treatment decision making in metastatic prostate cancer (mPC). J Clin Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.6_suppl.224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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224 Background: Multiple treatments exist for mPC, and optimal treatment choice is not defined. Shared decision making (SDM) in which physicians communicate treatment purpose, risks, and benefits, and patients (pts) communicate values/preferences can be used to determine treatment. SDM is associated with superior health outcomes in non-cancer populations, but whether it is used in mPC is unknown. We assessed mPC pt and caregiver perceptions of decision locus of control (DLOC) (SDM vs physician (PD) or pt (PtD) directed decisions), and characteristics associated with DLOC. Methods: Between 12/16 and 11/17, mPC patients and caregivers completed surveys of decision making practices after a clinical encounter in which a decision occurred. To evaluate the relationship between pt perception of DLOC type and categorical variables we used Fisher’s exact test, and Kruskal-Wallis was used to evaluate the relationship between DLOC and age. Results: 50 pt/caregivers participated, with median pt age of 72 yo. Most pts were Caucasian (96%), married (90%), and reported good health or better (18% excellent, 58% good, 24% fair). 66% of pts reported SDM, 10% reported PD only, 12% reported PD considering patient’s preferences, and 12% reported PtD considering physician’s recommendation. Caregivers reported numerically lower rates of SDM (56%), PD only (6%), and PD considering patient’s preferences (8%), but greater PtD considering physician’s recommendation (30%), (p=0.28). Neither reported PtD without considering physician recommendations. There was no association between pt DLCO and age (p=0.70) or clinician type, (p=0.13). All pts reporting PtD considering physician’s recommendation saw medical oncologists rather than urologists. Conclusions: Both pts and caregivers perceived a majority of decisions as SDM, indicating a high level of patient engagement in mPC decision making, and clinician type and patient age were not associated with pt reported DLOC. Pts seen by medical oncology in this cohort reported directing treatment choice when considering physician’s recommendation. Efforts to assess and support decision making in more diverse patient populations and explore the association between SDM, pt satisfaction and quality of life are underway.
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- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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