2024
Testosterone Recovery and Associated Impact on Patient-Reported Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) after Treatment with 6 Months of GnRH Agonist with or without Abiraterone Acetate plus Prednisone (AAP) and Apalutamide (Apa) in the FORMULA-509 Trial
Moningi S, Nguyen P, Rathkopf D, Zurita-Saavedra A, Spratt D, Dess R, Liauw S, Szmulewitz R, Einstein D, Bubley G, Yu J, An Y, Wong A, Feng F, Mckay R, Rose B, Shin K, Taplin M, Kollmeier M, Hoffman K. Testosterone Recovery and Associated Impact on Patient-Reported Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) after Treatment with 6 Months of GnRH Agonist with or without Abiraterone Acetate plus Prednisone (AAP) and Apalutamide (Apa) in the FORMULA-509 Trial. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2024, 120: e563-e564. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2024.07.1247.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMonths of GnRH agonistTestosterone recoveryGnRH agonistAssociated with lackClinically meaningful changeBaseline testosteroneAssociated with testosterone recoveryMedian follow-upEvaluated prior to treatmentTreatment groupsTrial randomized patientsHormonal functionPatient-reported health-related quality of lifeLog-rank testCompletion of treatmentMultivariate logistic regressionWilcoxon rank-sumPatient-reported HRQoL.Salvage radiationGleason scoreAbiraterone acetateHigher PSARecovery 1 yearRandomized patientsHealth-related quality of life
2022
Evaluation of social connectedness, loneliness, and anxiety among cancer survivors during the 2020-2021 winter surge of COVID-19 pandemic.
Poghosyan H, Yu J. Evaluation of social connectedness, loneliness, and anxiety among cancer survivors during the 2020-2021 winter surge of COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 12061-12061. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.16_suppl.12061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDecreased social connectednessCancer survivorsSocial connectednessIncreased feelingsSelf-reported socio-demographicSelf-reported cancer historySelf-reportWinter surgeComplex survey designSelf-reported raceCross-sectional studyMultivariate logistic regressionSurge of COVID-19Levels of stressCancer historyHealth careMental healthMedicare beneficiariesHigher oddsSocio-demographicMetropolitan residentsLogistic regressionPhone surveyLimited researchSurvey design
2021
Association between percentage of positive biopsy cores and risk of pelvic lymph node involvement in prostate cancer.
Yang D, Dee E, Arega M, Nguyen P, Orio P, King M, Kann B, Yu J, Cook K, Ma T, Kishan A, Muralidhar V. Association between percentage of positive biopsy cores and risk of pelvic lymph node involvement in prostate cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 205-205. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.6_suppl.205.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPercentage of positive biopsy coresRisk of pelvic lymph node involvementPelvic lymph node involvementLymph node involvementPositive biopsy coresPelvic lymph nodesProstate cancerRadical prostatectomyBiopsy coresNode involvementLymph nodesDefinitive treatment of prostate cancerGleason 9-10 diseasePositive pelvic lymph nodesTreatment of prostate cancerBiopsy Gleason scoreClinicopathological prognostic variablesElective nodal irradiationGleason 8 diseasePathologic nodal evaluationClinical tumor stageNational Cancer DatabaseTime of RPClinically relevant associationMultivariate logistic regression
2019
Early Impact of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Expansion on Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Cancer Care
Mahal A, Chavez J, Yang D, Kim D, Cole A, Hu J, Trinh Q, Yu J, Nguyen P, Mahal B. Early Impact of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Expansion on Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Cancer Care. American Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 43: 163-167. PMID: 31904711, DOI: 10.1097/coc.0000000000000588.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAffordable Care ActAffordable Care Act implementationMedicaid expansionUninsured rateCare ActInsurance coverageInsurance coverage gapsMultivariate logistic regressionCoverage gapSocioeconomic disparitiesCare objectivesSociodemographic disparitiesRacial disparitiesLow-incomeNonelderly adultsLogistic regressionMedicaidBlack patientsDisparitiesEarly impactInsurancePotential benefitsPatientsCancerAffordability
2017
Travel distance and stereotactic body radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer
Mahal B, Chen Y, Sethi R, Padilla O, Yang D, Chavez J, Muralidhar V, Hu J, Feng F, Hoffman K, Martin N, Spratt D, Yu J, Orio P, Nguyen P. Travel distance and stereotactic body radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer. Cancer 2017, 124: 1141-1149. PMID: 29231964, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31190.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStereotactic body radiotherapyProstate stereotactic body radiotherapyNational Cancer Data BaseLocalized prostate cancerShort-term efficacyProstate cancerTreated with definitive external beam radiotherapyDefinitive external beam radiotherapyDefinitive stereotactic body radiotherapyLong-term clinical implicationsFavorable disease characteristicsExternal beam radiotherapyAssociated with increased adjusted oddsMultivariate logistic regressionAcademic treatment centerAffluent zip codesBeam radiotherapyTreatment optionsDisease characteristicsRadiotherapyAdjusted oddsTreatment decisionsWhite raceYounger ageJoinpoint regressionRacial disparities in prostate cancer outcome among prostate-specific antigen screening eligible populations in the United States
Mahal B, Chen Y, Muralidhar V, Mahal A, Choueiri T, Hoffman K, Hu J, Sweeney C, Yu J, Feng F, Kim S, Beard C, Martin N, Trinh Q, Nguyen P. Racial disparities in prostate cancer outcome among prostate-specific antigen screening eligible populations in the United States. Annals Of Oncology 2017, 28: 1098-1104. PMID: 28453693, DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate cancer-specific mortalityProstate-specific antigenUnited States Preventive Services Task ForceRisk of prostate cancer-specific mortalityProstate cancer outcomesBlack raceMetastatic diseaseCancer outcomesProstate-specific antigen screeningRate of metastatic diseasePSA screening guidelinesCancer-specific mortalityRisk of poor outcomesStage of presentationPreventive Services Task ForceScreening-eligible ageMultivariate logistic regressionEligible populationNon-black menSEER databaseProstate cancerBlack menScreening guidelinesPoor outcomeRisk regressionRacial disparities in prostate cancer outcome among prostate-specific antigen screening eligible populations in the United States.
Mahal B, Chen Y, Muralidhar V, Mahal A, Choueiri T, Hoffman K, Hu J, Sweeney C, Beard C, Martin N, Feng F, Kim S, Yu J, Trinh Q, Nguyen P. Racial disparities in prostate cancer outcome among prostate-specific antigen screening eligible populations in the United States. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: 18-18. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.6_suppl.18.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProstate cancer-specific mortalityProstate-specific antigenRisk of prostate cancer-specific mortalityProstate-specific antigen screeningProstate cancer outcomesUnited States Preventive Services Task ForceBlack raceMetastatic diseaseCancer outcomesRate of metastatic diseaseCancer-specific mortalityStage of presentationRisk of poor outcomesPreventive Services Task ForceScreening-eligible ageMultivariate logistic regressionEligible populationNon-black menProstate-specificSEER databaseProstate cancerBlack menPoor outcomeRisk regressionBlack patientsTrends and clinico-sociodemographic determinants of stereotactic body radiotherapy use for localized prostate cancer: A National Cancer Database study.
Mahal B, Chen Y, Muralidhar V, Yang D, Mahal A, Yu J, Orio P, Nguyen P. Trends and clinico-sociodemographic determinants of stereotactic body radiotherapy use for localized prostate cancer: A National Cancer Database study. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: e545-e545. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.6_suppl.e545.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStereotactic body radiotherapyLocalized prostate cancerNational Cancer Data BaseGrade prostate cancerProstate cancerLow-risk disease featuresNational Cancer Database studyExternal beam radiotherapyLong-term efficacyMultivariate logistic regressionBeam radiotherapyRadiotherapy useTherapy optionsClinical factorsMultivariable adjustmentHazard ratioAcademic centersDisease characteristicsRadiotherapyDisease featuresProstateDatabase studyCancerPatientsHigher stageOutcomes for men under 65 with high-risk prostate cancer with Medicaid versus private insurance.
Mahal A, Mahal B, Nguyen P, Yu J. Outcomes for men under 65 with high-risk prostate cancer with Medicaid versus private insurance. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: 198-198. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.6_suppl.198.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProstate cancer-specific mortalityHigh-risk prostate cancerProstate cancerTreatment of high-risk prostate cancerInsurance statusCompeting-risks regression modelsHigh-risk CaPPrivately insured menGray's competing-risks regression modelHigh-risk diseaseCancer-specific mortalityEnd Results ProgramMultivariate logistic regressionMetastatic diseaseNon-black menResults ProgramPrivate insuranceInsured menAfrican American menLogistic regressionMetSOutcomesCancerMenMore-than-additive effect