2017
Local Therapy Improves Overall Survival in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Parikh R, Byun J, Goyal S, Kim I. Local Therapy Improves Overall Survival in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Prostate Cancer. The Prostate 2017, 77: 559-572. PMID: 28093791, DOI: 10.1002/pros.23294.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cancer DatabaseMetastatic prostate cancerLocal therapyOverall survivalProstate cancerRadiation therapyMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsLower co-morbidity scoreFive-year overall survivalCox proportional hazards modelAcademic/research programCo-morbidity scoreSuperior overall survivalNode-negative statusProspective clinical trialsKaplan-Meier methodLower T stagePatterns of careProportional hazards modelPropensity-score matchingPrimary diseaseT stageMedicare insuranceGleason scoreCancer Database
2013
Cancer-specific Survival After Metastasis Following Primary Radical Prostatectomy Compared with Radiation Therapy in Prostate Cancer Patients: Results of a Population-based, Propensity Score–Matched Analysis
Shao Y, Kim S, Moore D, Shih W, Lin Y, Stein M, Kim I, Lu-Yao G. Cancer-specific Survival After Metastasis Following Primary Radical Prostatectomy Compared with Radiation Therapy in Prostate Cancer Patients: Results of a Population-based, Propensity Score–Matched Analysis. European Urology 2013, 65: 693-700. PMID: 23759328, PMCID: PMC3825778, DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2013.05.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate cancer-specific survivalCancer-specific survivalPrimary radical prostatectomyRadical prostatectomyRT groupRadiation therapyProstate cancerIntermediate-high riskRisk of PCSMCancer-specific mortalityEnd Results-MedicarePrimary radiation therapyPropensity-matched cohortLow-risk patientsPrimary treatment modalityLocalized prostate cancerProstate cancer patientsDevelopment of metastasesOnset of metastasisResidual confoundersHazard ratioMetastatic diseaseRisk patientsClinical courseSurveillance Epidemiology