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Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND; Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND; Ph.D. Student, Pardee RAND Graduate School
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Journal Article
Jan 1, 2004
Younger patient age (less than 65) is associated with a greater likelihood of returning to baseline continence, potency and physical health after radical prostatectomy.
Geographic variation persists in patterns of care in men with early stage prostate cancer.
News Release
May 15, 2003
Researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center and RAND Health have developed a method to measure quality of care for patients with early-stage prostate cancer, providing for the first time a tool that can be used to help men decide where to go for the best medical care.
Jan 1, 2003
Men diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer during the follow-up after treatment for clinically localized disease report a better quality of life.
This study establishes a foundation on which to build quality-of-care assessment tools to evaluate the treatment of early-stage prostate cancer.
Quality of life is of great concern to patients considering treatment options for prostate cancer.
The physical burden of prostate cancer is considerable and affects quality of life in men with both localized and metastatic disease.
Physician support and prostate cancer screening knowledge were positively associated with previous screening.
Fear of prostate cancer recurrence imposes a substantial burden in patients before and after treatment.
Study to ascertain whether radical prostatectomy outcomes improved after the diffusion of surgical innovations during the last decade.
This review summarizes the little that is known about health-related quality of life after multiple therapies.
The goal of quality assurance in health care is to preserve and improve patient care.
