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Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cancer Risk — Jan 1, 2006

Letter to the editor and response by the authors regarding their systematic review and assessment of the effects of omega-3 fatty acids on cancer risk

Journal Article

Patterns of Care for Men with Prostate Cancer After Failure of Primary Treatment — Jan 1, 2006

Patterns of care after primary prostate cancer therapy continue to vary regionally.

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The Effect of Postprostatectomy External Beam Radiotherapy on Quality of Life: Results from the Cancer of the Prostate Strategic Urologic Research Endeavor — Jan 1, 2006

Postprostatectomy salvage radiotherapy may improve PSA progression-free survival, but little is known about its effect on quality of life.

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Lowering Homocysteine with Folic Acid and B Vitamins Did Not Prevent Vascular Events in Vascular Disease — Jan 1, 2006

Cause-specific mortality rates among men with prostate cancer that suggest early diagnosis and treatment for localized tumors may improve survival.

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Understanding Cancer Patients' Experience and Outcomes: Development and Pilot Study of the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance Patient Survey — Jan 1, 2006

A clinically detailed survey of newly diagnosed lung and colorectal cancer patients is feasible.

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Discussing Quality-of-Life Issues with a Patient Newly Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer — Jan 1, 2006

A 66-year-old man with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and benign prostatic hyperplasia presented for evaluation of an elevated PSA level of 6.2 ng/ml.

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How Much Can Current Interventions Reduce Colorectal Cancer Mortality in the U.S.? Mortality Projections for Scenarios of Risk-Factor Modification, Screening, and Treatment — Jan 1, 2006

Interventions for risk-factor modification, screening, and treatment have the potential to reduce CRC mortality by almost 50% by the Year 2020.

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Development of Quality Indicators for Patients Undergoing Colorectal Cancer Surgery — Jan 1, 2006

Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer type among new cancer diagnoses in the United States.

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Treating Older Men with Prostate Cancer: Survival (or Selection) of the Fittest? — Jan 1, 2006

Improvement in the quality of care for men with prostate cancer may be achieved not by treating more patients but by treating them more discerningly.

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Quality Measures for Symptoms and Advance Care Planning in Cancer: A Systematic Review — Jan 1, 2006

Uses a literature search to identify quality measures for palliative cancer care and the evidence to support their use in pain, dyspnea, depression, and advance care planning, and to ascertain research gaps.

Research Brief

Obese Women Receiving Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Are Often Undertreated — Nov 25, 2005

By examining the medical files of 9,672 women treated between 1990 and 2001, a newly released study by RAND researchers sought to confirm whether obese women are in fact systematically undertreated for breast cancer.

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Undertreatment of Obese Women Receiving Breast Cancer Chemotherapy — Jun 1, 2005

Systematic undertreatment of breast cancer in overweight and obese women may contribute to the poorer prognosis in these women.

Journal Article

Accuracy of Cancer Registry Data When Treatment Is in the Ambulatory Setting: Implications for Quality Measurement — Jan 1, 2005

Cancer registry data are less accurate for ambulatory-based services than hospital-based services.

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Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Postprostatectomy Radiotherapy — Jan 1, 2005

The authors found no socioeconomic or demographic disparities in the receipt of postprostatectomy radiotherapy.

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Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Cancer — Jan 1, 2005

The authors assess the effect of omega-3 fatty acids on 1) tumor incidence 2) clinical outcomes after cancer treatment, and 3) tumor behavior.

Journal Article

Predictors of Fatigue After Treatment for Prostate Cancer — Jan 1, 2005

Men with lower pretreatment quality-of-life measures may be at increased risk of fatigue after prostate cancer treatment

Journal Article

Mental Health of Low Income Uninsured Men with Prostate Cancer — Jan 1, 2005

Economically disadvantaged men with prostate cancer report worse mental health than people with other chronic diseases.

Journal Article

Dysplasia and Risk of Further Neoplastic Progression in a Regional Veterans Administration Barrett's Cohort — Jan 1, 2005

In a large cohort study of Barrett's, incident malignancy was uncommon.

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Health-related Quality-of-Life in Low-Income, Uninsured Men with Prostate Cancer — Jan 1, 2005

The objective was to describe health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) in low-income men with prostate cancer.

Journal Article

Data Pooling and Analysis to Build a Preliminary Item Bank: An Example Using Bowel Function in Prostate Cancer — Jan 1, 2005

Assessing bowel function (BF) in prostate cancer can help determine therapeutic trade-offs.

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