Prostate Cancer

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Research conducted by: RAND Health

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Alliance of Support for Low-Income Latino Men with Prostate Cancer: God, Doctor and Self — Jul 12, 2010

Indigent Latino men with prostate cancer draw strength from their faith that helps them to cope with their disease.

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Responsiveness of the University of California-Los Angeles Prostate Cancer Index — May 31, 2010

This study found that a tool for measuring health in men with prostate cancer--the UCLA Prostate Cancer Index-was responsive to changes in patients' health-related quality of life.

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From Bad to Worse: Comorbidity Severity and Quality of Life After Treatment for Early-Stage Prostate Cancer — Dec 31, 2009

Severe comorbidity results in significantly lower long-term health related quality of life for men being treated for prostate cancer.

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Correlates of Bother Following Treatment for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer — Dec 31, 2009

Findings of this study suggest that measurement of health related quality of life after prostate cancer treatment should incorporate the distress that patients experience from urinary, sexual, and bowel problems resulting from prostate cancer treatment.

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Faith Among Low-Income, African American/black Men Treated for Prostate Cancer — Dec 31, 2009

Low-income black men being treated for prostate cancer use faith as a way to overcome the fear and shock engendered by their initial perceptions of cancer.

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Caring for the Uninsured with Prostate Cancer: A Comparison of Four Policy Alternatives in California — Dec 31, 2009

The objective of the current study was to compare the cost-effectiveness of four policy alternatives in treating this population. The authors analyzed the cost-effectiveness of four policy alternatives for providing care to low-income, uninsured men with prostate cancer: (1) IMPACT as originally envisioned, (2) a version of IMPACT with reduced physician fees, (3) a hypothetical Medicaid prostate cancer treatment program, and (4) the…

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Hospice Use and High-Intensity Care in Men Dying of Prostate Cancer — Dec 31, 2009

This study assessed hospice use by men dying of prostate cancer and compared the use of high-intensity care between those who did or did not enroll in hospice. Those who enroll in hospice are less likely to receive high-intensity end-of-life care.

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Prostate Cancer Treatment for Economically Disadvantaged Men: A Comparison of County Hospitals and Private — Dec 31, 2009

The authors compared the types of treatments prostate cancer patients received from county hospitals and private providers as part of a statewide public assistance program in a cohort study of 559 men enrolled in a state-funded program for low-income patients known as Improving Access, Counseling, and Treatment for Californians With Prostate Cancer (IMPACT).

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Improving Decisions for Men with Prostate Cancer: Translational Outcomes Research — Dec 31, 2009

Grouping men with prostate cancer by their baseline function for sexual, urinary and bowel domains helps to discern their likely levels of both and function after treatment.

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Quality of End-of-Life Care in Low-Income, Uninsured Men Dying of Prostate Cancer — Dec 31, 2009

The quality of end-of-life care was assessed in disadvantaged men prospectively enrolled in a public assistance program. That end-of-life care would be aggressive, moreso than recommended by quality-of-care guidelines, was hypothesized.

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Improving the Utility of Quality-of-Life Data from Men with Prostate Cancer — Aug 19, 2009

Radiation or surgery can lead to significant dysfunction or distress in the urinary, sexual, or bowel domains. Hence, the simultaneous consideration of both quality and quantity of life improves medical decision making for these men.

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Survivorship Beyond Convalescence: 48-Month Quality-of-Life Outcomes After Treatment for Localized Prostate Cancer — Jun 15, 2009

Decision making for treatment of localized prostate cancer is often guided by therapeutic side-effect profiles. The authors sought to assess health-related quality-of-life outcomes for patients 48 months after treatment for localized prostate cancer. Men treated for localized prostate cancer were evaluated before treatment and at 11 intervals during the 48 months after intervention. Changes in mean health-related quality-of-life scores and…

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Prostate Cancer Severity Among Low Income, Uninsured Men — Dec 31, 2008

The proportion of American men with organ confined, low risk prostate cancer has increased significantly during the last 2 decades.

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Spirituality and Quality of Life in Low-Income Men with Metastatic Prostate Cancer — Dec 31, 2008

Determine how spirituality is associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in an ethnically diverse cohort of low-income men with metastatic prostate cancer.

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Validation of a Modified National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index to Assess Genitourinary Pain in Both Men and Women — Dec 31, 2008

Describes development and testing of a single instrument that can be used to assess treatment response in clinical trials and cohort studies that involve both genders.

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Partnership and Outcomes in Men with Prostate Cancer — Dec 31, 2008

Being in a supportive relationship may have improved the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of men with prostate cancer, if the support was strong and positive. In the current study, the authors sought to examine the impact of partnership status on the mental health of men treated for localized prostate cancer. Physical and mental health was found to be comparable in the study cohort of partnered and unpartnered men treated for…

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Association of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms with Sexual Dysfunction: A Cross-Cultural Study Between Japanese and American Men with Localized Prostate Cancer — Dec 31, 2008

Assess the association of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) with sexual function, and estimate the correlates of LUTS among Japanese and American men with localized prostate cancer.

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Education as a Predictor of Quality of Life Outcomes Among Disadvantaged Men — Dec 31, 2008

The authors found that men with higher and lower education levels, including those who did not complete high school, had similar HRQOL and self-efficacy outcomes. Because of the close relationship between income and education, broader studies into the associations of these variables and prostate cancer outcomes are needed.

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Distress and Social Dysfunction Following Prostate Cancer Treatment: A Longitudinal Cross-Cultural Comparison of Japanese and American Men — Dec 31, 2008

The authors assessed the impact of bother with urinary and bowel dysfunction on social activities among men in Japan and the United States following primary therapy for localized prostate cancer.

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Differing Perceptions of Quality of Life in Patients with Prostate Cancer and Their Doctors — Dec 31, 2008

Men treated for localized prostate cancer have a different opinion about their quality of life than their physicians have.

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Mark Litwin

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Mark Litwin is an adjunct researcher at RAND, professor of urology at the UCLA School of Medicine, and professor of health services at the UCLA School of Public Health. His research focuses primarily on prostate cancer and sexual function in men, as well as other urologic issues. Litwin received…

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