2024
Long-Term Outcomes of Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen–PET Imaging of Recurrent Prostate Cancer
Kunst N, Long J, Westvold S, Sprenkle P, Kim I, Saperstein L, Rabil M, Ghaffar U, Karnes R, Ma X, Gross C, Wang S, Leapman M. Long-Term Outcomes of Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen–PET Imaging of Recurrent Prostate Cancer. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2440591. PMID: 39441595, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.40591.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate-specific antigenProstate-specific antigen levelPSMA-PETRecurrent prostate cancerBiochemical recurrenceProstate cancerLong-term outcomesProstate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomographyEvaluation of biochemical recurrenceDetection of biochemical recurrenceLife yearsConventional imagingDefinitive local therapyPSMA PET imagingProstate cancer deathDetection of metastasesRetrospective cohort studyBase case analysisIncremental life-yearsPositron emission tomographyDecision-analytic modelLocal therapyConventional imaging strategiesDelayed treatmentDisease course
2020
Estimating Population-Based Recurrence Rates of Colorectal Cancer over Time in the United States
Kunst N, Alarid-Escudero F, Aas E, Coupé VMH, Schrag D, Kuntz KM. Estimating Population-Based Recurrence Rates of Colorectal Cancer over Time in the United States. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2020, 29: 2710-2718. PMID: 32998946, PMCID: PMC7747688, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-20-0490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer recurrence rateRecurrence rateRelative survival dataColorectal cancerSurvival dataColorectal cancer-related deathsDisease-specific survival dataStage II rectal cancerStage III colorectal cancerCancer-specific death ratesStage II colon cancerPopulation-based cancer registriesColorectal cancer interventionDiagnostic time periodsMetastatic recurrence ratesRate 6 monthsNonmetastatic colorectal cancerColorectal cancer recurrenceMonths of diagnosisAnnual recurrence rateEnd Results ProgramCancer-related deathColorectal cancer diagnosisDecision analytic modelMetastatic disease