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1. Runs of homozygosity and testicular cancer risk

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Loveday, C, Sud, A, Litchfield, K, Levy, M, Holroyd, A, Broderick, P, Kote-Jarai, Z, Dunning, AM, Muir, K, Peto, J, Eeles, R, Easton, DF, Dudakia, D, Orr, N, Pashayan, N, Rustin, Gordon, Srihari, Narayanan N, Cole, David, Askill, Colin, Bertelli, Gianfilippo, Barber, James, Gilby, Ed, White, Jeff, Baybrooke, Jeremy, Leahy, Michael, Welch, Richard, Chakraborti, Prabir, Joffe, Johnathan, Brown, Richard, Faust, Guy, Simmonds, Peter, Mazhar, Danish, Stockdale, Andrew, Hrounda, David, Humber, Caroline, Appel, Wiebke, Hong, Anne, Howard, Grahame, Douglas, Fiona, Bloomfield, David, Butt, Mohammad, Kelly, Kay, Mehra, Rakesh, Rogers, Paul, Hatton, Matthew, Hennig, Ivo, McAteer, John, Savage, Philip, Seckl, Michael, Gale, Joanna, Clark, Peter, Woby, Steve, Rathmell, Adrian, Lamont, Alan, Sarwar, Naveed, Stuart, Nick, Chowdhury, Simon, Beesley, Sharon, Winkler, Mathius, Hamid, Abdel, Pathak, Sanjeev, Madhavan, Krishnaswamy, Highley, Martin, Money-Kryle, Julian, Brock, Cathryn, Sreenivasan, Thiagarajan, Henderson, Brian E, Haiman, Christopher A, Schumacher, Fredrick R, Al Olama, Ali Amin, Benlloch, Sara, Berndt, Sonja I, Conti, David V, Wiklund, Fredrik, Chanock, Stephen, Gapster, Susan, Stevens, Victoria L, Tangen, Catherine M, Batra, Jyotsna, Clements, Judith, Gronberg, Henrik, Schleutker, Johanna, Albanes, Demetrius, Wolk, Alicja, West, Catharine, Mucci, Lorelei, Cancel-Tassin, Geraldine, Koutros, Stella, Sorensen, Karina Dalsgaard, Maehle, Lovise, Neal, David E, Hamdy, Freddie C, Donovan, Jenny L, Travis, Ruth C, Hamilton, Robert J, Ingles, Sue Ann, Rosenstein, Barry S, Lu, Yong-Jie, Giles, Graham G, Kibel, Adam S, Vega, Ana, Kogevinas, Manolis, Penney, Kathryn L, Park, Jong Y, Stanford, Janet L, Cybulski, Cezary, Nordestgaard, Borge G, Brenner, Hermann, Maier, Christiane, Kim, Jeri, John, Esther M, Teixeira, Manuel R, Neuhausen, Susan L, De Ruyck, Kim, Razack, Azad, Newcomb, Lisa F, Lessel, Davor, Kaneva, Radka, Usmani, Nawaid, Claessens, Frank, Townsend, Paul A, Dominguez, Manuela Gago, Roobol, Monique J, Menegaux, Florence, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Cannon-Albrigh, Lisa, Pandha, Hardev, Thibodeau, Stephen N, Reid, A, Huddart, RA, Houlston, RS, Turnbull, C, and Urology

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Oncology, Male, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, LOCI, Genome-wide association study, Runs of Homozygosity, SUSCEPTIBILITY, VARIANTS, 0302 clinical medicine, Endocrinology, testicular germ cell tumour, Risk Factors, Genotype, genetics, Andrology, 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine, Genome, Homozygote, Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal, Disease gene identification, homozygosity mapping, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, RECENT POSITIVE SELECTION, medicine.medical_specialty, Urology, Biology, BREAST, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, 03 medical and health sciences, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Testicular Neoplasms, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Internal medicine, medicine, Genetic predisposition, cancer, Humans, Allele, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, SEX DETERMINATION, runs of homozygosity, Science & Technology, IDENTIFICATION, Cancer, recessive, medicine.disease, GERM-CELL TUMOR, CONSANGUINITY, Reproductive Medicine, Relative risk, genome-wide association studies, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

BACKGROUND: Testicular germ cell tumour (TGCT) is highly heritable but > 50% of the genetic risk remains unexplained. Epidemiological observation of greater relative risk to brothers of men with TGCT compared to sons has long alluded to recessively acting TGCT genetic susceptibility factors, but to date none have been reported. Runs of homozygosity (RoH) are a signature indicating underlying recessively acting alleles and have been associated with increased risk of other cancer types. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether RoH are associated with TGCT risk. METHODS: We performed a genome-wide RoH analysis using GWAS data from 3206 TGCT cases and 7422 controls uniformly genotyped using the OncoArray platform. RESULTS: Global measures of homozygosity were not significantly different between cases and controls, and the frequency of individual consensus RoH was not significantly different between cases and controls, after correction for multiple testing. RoH at three regions, 11p13-11p14.3, 5q14.1-5q22.3 and 13q14.11-13q.14.13, were, however, nominally statistically significant at p

Published
2019

2. Ten-year mortality, disease progression, and treatment-related side effects in men with localised prostate cancer from the ProtecT randomised controlled trial according to treatment received

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Neal, David E., Metcalfe, Chris, Donovan, Jenny L., Lane, J. Athene, Davis, Michael, Young, Grace J., Dutton, Susan J., Walsh, Eleanor I., Martin, Richard M., Peters, Tim. J., Turner, Emma L., Mason, Malcolm, Bryant, Richard, Bollina, Prasad, Catto, James, Doherty, Alan, Gillatt, David, Gnanapragasam, Vincent, Holding, Peter, Hughes, Owen, Kockelbergh, Roger, Kynaston, Howard, Oxley, Jon, Paul, Alan, Paez, Edgar, Rosario, Derek J., Rowe, Edward, Staffurth, John, Altman, Doug G., Hamdy, Freddie C., Peters, Tim J., Doble, Andrew, Powell, Philip, Prescott, Stephen, Rosario, Derek, Anderson, John B., Aning, Jonathan, Durkan, Garett, Koupparis, Anthony, Leung, Hing, Mariappan, Param, McNeill, Alan, Persad, Raj, Schwaibold, Hartwig, Tulloch, David, Wallace, Michael, Bonnington, Susan, Bradshaw, Lynne, Cooper, Deborah, Elliott, Emma, Herbert, Phillipa, Howson, Joanne, Jones, Amanda, Lennon, Teresa, Lyons, Norma, Moody, Hilary, Plumb, Claire, O'Sullivan, Tricia, Salter, Elizabeth, Thompson, Pauline, Tidball, Sarah, Blaikie, Jan, Gray, Catherine, Adam, Tonia, Askew, Sarah, Atkinson, Sharon, Baynes, Tim, Brain, Carole, Breen, Viv, Brunt, Sarah, Bryne, Sean, Bythem, Jo, Clarke, Jenny, Cloete, Jenny, Dark, Susan, Davis, Gill, Rue, Rachael De La, Denizot, Jane, Dewhurst, Elspeth, Dimes, Anna, Dixon, Nicola, Ebbs, Penny, Emmerson, Ingrid, Ferguson, Jill, Gadd, Ali, Geoghegan, Lisa, Grant, Alison, Grant, Collette, Godfrey, Rosemary, Goodwin, Louise, Hall, Susie, Hart, Liz, Harvey, Andrew, Hoult, Chloe, Hawkins, Sarah, Holling, Sharon, Innes, Alastair, Kilner, Sue, Marshall, Fiona, Mellen, Louise, Moore, Andrea, Napier, Sally, Needham, Julie, Pearse, Kevin, Pisa, Anna, Rees, Mark, Richards, Ellie, Robson, Lindsay, Roxburgh, Janet, Samuel, Nikki, Sharkey, Irene, Slater, Michael, Smith, Donna, Taggart, Pippa, Taylor, Helen, Taylor, Vicky, Thomas, Ayesha, Tomkies, Briony, Trewick, Nicola, Ward, Claire, Walker, Christy, Williams, Ayesha, Woodhouse, Colin, Wyber, Elizabeth, Bahl, Amit, Benson, Richard, Beresford, Mark, Ferguson, Catherine, Graham, John, Herbert, Chris, Howard, Grahame, James, Nick, Kirkbride, Peter, Law, Alastair, Loughrey, Carmel, McClaren, Duncan, Patterson, Helen, Pedley, Ian, Roberts, Trevor, Robinson, Angus, Russell, Simon, Symonds, Paul, Thanvi, Narottam, Vasanthan, Subramaniam, Wilson, Paula, Robinson, Mary, Bhattarai, Selina, Deshmukh, Neeta, Dormer, John, Fernando, Malee, Goepel, John, Griffiths, David, Grigor, Ken, Mayer, Nick, Varma, Murali, Warren, Anne, Appleby, Helen, Ash, Dominic, Aston, Dean, Bolton, Steven, Chalmers, Graham, Conway, John, Early, Nick, Geater, Tony, Goddall, Lynda, Heymann, Claire, Hicks, Deborah, Jones, Liza, Lamb, Susan, Lambert, Geoff, Lawrence, Gill, Lewis, Geraint, Lilley, John, MacLeod, Aileen, Massey, Pauline, McQueen, Alison, Moore, Rollo, Penketh, Lynda, Potterton, Janet, Roberts, Neil, Showler, Helen, Shuttleworth, Pam, Slade, Stephen, Steele, Alasdair, Swinscoe, James, Tiffany, Marie, Townley, John, Treeby, Jo, Weston, Michael, Wilkinson, Joyce, Williams, Lorraine, Wills, Lucy, Woodley, Owain, Yarrow, Sue, Brindle, Lucy, Davies, Linda, Dedman, Dan, Down, Elizabeth, Khazragui, Hanan, Noble, Sian, Taylor, Hilary, Tazewell, Marta, Wade, Julia, Walsh, Eleanor, Baker, Susan, Bellis-Sheldon, Elizabeth, Bougard, Chantal, Bowtell, Joanne, Brewer, Catherine, Burton, Chris, Charlton, Jennie, Christoforou, Nicholas, Clark, Rebecca, Coull, Susan, Croker, Christine, Currer, Rosemary, Daisey, Claire, Delaney, Gill, Donohue, Rose, Drew, Jane, Farmer, Rebecca, Fry, Susan, Haddow, Jean, Hale, Alex, Halpin, Susan, Harris, Belle, Hattrick, Barbara, Holmes, Sharon, Hunt, Helen, Jackson, Vicky, Johnson, Donna, Le Butt, Mandy, Leworthy, Jo, Liddiatt, Tanya, Martin, Alex, Mauree, Jainee, Moore, Susan, Moulam, Gill, Mutch, Jackie, Parker, Kathleen, Pawsey, Christopher, Purdie, Michelle, Robson, Teresa, Smith, Lynne, Stenton, Carole, Steuart-Feilding, Tom, Stott, Beth, Sully, Chris, Sutton, Caroline, Torrington, Carol, Wilkins, Zoe, Williams, Sharon, Wilson, Andrea, Weaver, Ashleigh, Albertsen, Peter, Adolfsson, Jan, Baum, Michael, McFarlane, Jon, Reid, Colette, Turner, Emma, Zietman, Anthony, Hill, Elizabeth, Ng, Siaw Yein, Williams, Naomi, Toole, Jessica, Davies, Charlotte, Hughes, Laura, Rowlands, Mari-Anne, Bell, Lindsey, Harrison, Sean, Mauree, Jainnee, Grant, Adrian, Roberts, Ian, Ashby, Deborah, Cowan, Richard, Fayers, Peter, Mellon, Killian, N’Dow, James, O’Brien, Tim, Sokhal, Michael, Dearnaley, David, Schröder, Fritz, Roberts, Tracy, and for the ProtecT Study Group, .

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Urology, medicine.medical_treatment, 030232 urology & nephrology, Urinary incontinence, Active monitoring, BTC (Bristol Trials Centre), Metastasis, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, Prostate cancer, 0302 clinical medicine, ProtecT trial, Randomized controlled trial, law, Internal medicine, Humans, Medicine, External beam radiotherapy, Watchful Waiting, Aged, Prostatectomy, Disease progression, Radiotherapy, business.industry, Prostatic Neoplasms, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Radical prostatectomy, Treatment Outcome, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Propensity score matching, Cohort, Disease Progression, BRTC, medicine.symptom, Sexual function, business, Literatur Kommentiert
Abstract

Background: The ProtecT trial reported intention-to-treat analysis of men with localised prostate cancer (PCa) randomly allocated to active monitoring (AM), radical prostatectomy, and external beam radiotherapy. Objective: To determine report outcomes according to treatment received in men in randomised and treatment choice cohorts. Design, Setting, and Participants: This study focuses on secondary care. Men with clinically localised prostate cancer at one of nine UK centres were invited to participate in the treatment trial comparing AM, radical prostatectomy, and radiotherapy. Intervention: Two cohorts included 1643 men who agreed to be randomised; 997 declined randomisation and chose treatment. Outcome Measurements and Statistical Analysis: Health-related quality of life impacts on urinary, bowel, and sexual function were assessed using patient-reported outcome measures. Analysis was carried out based on treatment received for each cohort and on pooled estimates using meta-analysis. Differences were estimated with adjustment for known prognostic factors using propensity scores. Results and Limitations: According to treatment received, more men receiving AM died of PCa (AM 1.85%, surgery 0.67%, radiotherapy 0.73%), whilst this difference remained consistent with chance in the randomised cohort (p = 0.08); stronger evidence was found in the exploratory analyses (randomised plus choice cohort) when AM was compared with the combined radical treatment group (p = 0.003). There was also strong evidence that metastasis (AM 5.6%, surgery 2.4%, radiotherapy 2.7%) and disease progression (AM 20.35%, surgery 5.87%, radiotherapy 6.62%) were more common in the AM group. Compared with AM, there were higher risks of sexual dysfunction (95% at 6 mo) and urinary incontinence (55% at 6 mo) after surgery, and of sexual dysfunction (88% at 6 mo) and bowel dysfunction (5% at 6 mo) after radiotherapy. The key limitations are the potential for bias when comparing groups defined by treatment received and outdating of the interventions being evaluated during the lengthy follow-up required in trials of screen-detected PCa. Conclusions: Analyses according to treatment received showed increased rates of disease-related events and lower rates of patient-reported harms in men managed by AM compared with men managed by radical treatment, and stronger evidence of greater PCa mortality in the AM group. Patient Summary: More than 90 out of every 100 men with localised prostate cancer do not die of prostate cancer within 10 yr, irrespective of whether treatment is by means of monitoring, surgery, or radiotherapy. Side effects on sexual and bladder function are much better after active monitoring, but the risks of spreading of prostate cancer are more common.

Published
2020

5. Patient-reported outcomes in the ProtecT randomized trial of clinically localized prostate cancer treatments: study design, and baseline urinary, bowel and sexual function and quality of life

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Lane, Athene, Metcalfe, Chris, Young, Grace J., Peters, Tim J., Blazeby, Jane, Avery, Kerry N. L., Dedman, Daniel, Down, Liz, Mason, Malcolm D., Neal, David E., Hamdy, Freddie C., Donovan, Jenny L., Bonnington, Sue, Bradshaw, Lynne, Cooper, Debbie, Elliott, Emma, Herbert, Pippa, Holding, Peter, Howson, Joanne, Jones, Mandy, Lennon, Teresa, Lyons, Norma, Moody, Hilary, Plumb, Claire, O'Sullivan, Tricia, Salter, Liz, Tidball, Sarah, Thompson, Pauline, Adam, Tonia, Askew, Sarah, Atkinson, Sharon, Baynes, Tim, Blaikie, Jan, Brain, Carole, Breen, Viv, Brunt, Sarah, Bryne, Sean, Bythem, Jo, Clarke, Jenny, Cloete, Jenny, Dark, Susan, Davis, Gill, De La Rue, Rachael, Denizot, Jane, Dewhurst, Elspeth, Dimes, Anna, Dixon, Nicola, Ebbs, Penny, Emmerson, Ingrid, Ferguson, Jill, Gadd, Ali, Geoghegan, Lisa, Grant, Alison, Grant, Collette, Gray, Catherine, Godfrey, Rosemary, Goodwin, Louise, Hall, Susie, Hart, Liz, Harvey, Andrew, Hoult, Chloe, Hawkins, Sarah, Holling, Sharon, Innes, Alastair, Kilner, Sue, Marshall, Fiona, Mellen, Louise, Moore, Andrea, Napier, Sally, Needham, Julie, Pearse, Kevin, Pisa, Anna, Rees, Mark, Richards, Elliw, Robson, Lindsay, Roxburgh, Janet, Samuel, Nikki, Sharkey, Irene, Slater, Michael, Smith, Donna, Taggart, Pippa, Taylor, Helen, Taylor, Vicky, Thomas, Ayesha, Tomkies, Briony, Trewick, Nicola, Ward, Claire, Walker, Christy, Williams, Ayesha, Woodhouse, Colin, Wyber, Elizabeth, Aning, Jonathan, Bollina, Prasad, Catto, Jim, Doble, Andrew, Doherty, Alan, Durkan, Garett, Gillatt, David, Hughes, Owen, Kocklebergh, Roger, Kouparis, Anthony, Kynaston, Howard, Leung, Hing, Mariappan, Param, McNeill, Alan, Paez, Edgar, Paul, Alan, Persad, Raj, Powell, Philip, Prescott, Stephen, Rosario, Derek, Rowe, Edward, Schwaibold, Hartwig, Tulloch, David, Wallace, Mike, Bahl, Amit, Benson, Richard, Beresford, Mark, Ferguson, Catherine, Graham, John, Herbert, Chris, Howard, Grahame, James, Nick, Law, Alastair, Loughrey, Carmel, McClaren, Duncan, Patterson, Helen, Pedley, Ian, Robinson, Angus, Russell, Simon, Staffurth, John, Symonds, Paul, Thanvi, Narottam, Vasanthan, Subramaniam, Wilson, Paula, Appleby, Helen, Ash, Dominic, Aston, Dean, Bolton, Steven, Chalmers, Graham, Conway, John, Early, Nick, Geater, Tony, Goddall, Lynda, Heymann, Claire, Hicks, Deborah, Jones, Liza, Lamb, Susan, Lambert, Geoff, Lawrence, Gill, Lewis, Geraint, Lilley, John, MacLeod, Aileen, Massey, Pauline, McQueen, Alison, Moore, Rollo, Penketh, Lynda, Potterton, Janet, Roberts, Neil, Showler, Helen, Slade, Stephen, Steele, Alasdair, Swinscoe, James, Tiffany, Marie, Townley, John, Treeby, Jo, Wilkinson, Joyce, Williams, Lorraine, Wills, Lucy, Woodley, Owain, Yarrow, Sue, Bhattarai, Selina, Deshmukh, Neeta, Dormer, John, Fernando, Malee, Goepel, John, Griffiths, David, Grigor, Ken, Mayer, Nick, Oxley, Jon, Robinson, Mary, Varma, Murali, Warren, Anne, Brindle, Lucy, Davis, Michael, Khazragui, Hanan, Noble, Sian, Taylor, Hilary, Tazewell, Marta, Turner, Emma, Wade, Julia, Walsh, Eleanor, Baker, Susan, Bellis‐Sheldon, Elizabeth, Bougard, Chantal, Bowtell, Joanne, Brewer, Catherine, Burton, Chris, Charlton, Jennie, Christoforou, Nicholas, Clark, Rebecca, Coull, Susan, Croker, Christine, Currer, Rosemary, Daisey, Claire, Delaney, Gill, Donohue, Rose, Drew, Jane, Farmer, Rebecca, Fry, Susan, Haddow, Jean, Hale, Alex, Halpin, Susan, Harris, Belle, Hattrick, Barbara, Holmes, Sharon, Hunt, Helen, Jackson, Vicky, Johnson, Donna, Le Butt, Mandy, Leworthy, Jo, Liddiatt, Tanya, Martin, Alex, Mauree, Jainee, Moore, Susan, Moulam, Gill, Mutch, Jackie, Nash, Alena, Parker, Kathleen, Pawsey, Christopher, Purdie, Michelle, Robson, Teresa, Smith, Lynne, Snoeck, Jo, Stenton, Carole, Steuart‐Feilding, Tom, Sully, Chris, Sutton, Caroline, Torrington, Carol, Wilkins, Zoe, Williams, Sharon, Wilson, Andrea, Grant, Adrian, Roberts, Ian, Ashby, Deborah, Cowan, Richard, Fayers, Peter, Mellon, Killian, N'Dow, James, O'Brien, Tim, Sokhal, Michael, Baum, Michael, Adolfson, Jan, Albertsen, Peter, Dearnaley, David, Schroeder, Fritz, Roberts, Tracy, and Zietman, Anthony

Subjects
Male, Urological Oncology, functional status, law.invention, Prostate cancer, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, Quality of life, law, 030212 general & internal medicine, media_common, treatment, Middle Aged, Urology & Nephrology, prostate cancer, Treatment Outcome, Centre for Surgical Research, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Functional status, BRTC, Sexuality, medicine.medical_specialty, Urology, Urinary system, media_common.quotation_subject, Urination, Social class, BTC (Bristol Trials Centre), 03 medical and health sciences, ProtecT trial, Digestive System Physiological Phenomena, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Patient Reported Outcome Measures, Aged, business.industry, Prostatic Neoplasms, 1103 Clinical Sciences, protect trial, medicine.disease, Treatment, ISRCTN 20141297, Physical therapy, Quality of Life, Sexual function, business
Abstract

Objectives To present the baseline patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in the Prostate Testing for Cancer and Treatment (ProtecT) randomized trial comparing active monitoring, radical prostatectomy and external-beam conformal radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer and to compare results with other populations. Materials and Methods A total of 1643 randomized men, aged 50–69 years and diagnosed with clinically localized disease identified by prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing, in nine UK cities in the period 1999–2009 were included. Validated PROMs for disease-specific (urinary, bowel and sexual function) and condition-specific impact on quality of life (Expanded Prostate Index Composite [EPIC], 2005 onwards; International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire- Urinary Incontinence [ICIQ-UI], 2001 onwards; the International Continence Society short-form male survey [ICSmaleSF]; anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [HADS]), generic mental and physical health (12-item short-form health survey [SF-12]; EuroQol quality-of-life survey, the EQ-5D-3L) were assessed at prostate biopsy clinics before randomization. Descriptive statistics are presented by treatment allocation and by men’s age at biopsy and PSA testing time points for selected measures. Results A total of 1438 participants completed biopsy questionnaires (88%) and 77–88% of these were analysed for individual PROMs. Fewer than 1% of participants were using pads daily (5/ 754). Storage lower urinary tract symptoms were frequent (e.g. nocturia 22%, 312/1423). Bowel symptoms were rare, except for loose stools (16%, 118/754). One third of participants reported erectile dysfunction (241/735) and for 16% (118/731) this was a moderate or large problem. Depression was infrequent (80/1399, 6%) but 20% of participants (278/1403) reported anxiety. Sexual function and bother were markedly worse in older men (65– 70 years), whilst urinary bother and physical health were somewhat worse than in younger men (49–54 years, all P < 0.001). Bowel health, urinary function and depression were unaltered by age, whilst mental health and anxiety were better in older men (P < 0.001). Only minor differences existed in mental or physical health, anxiety and depression between PSA testing and biopsy assessments. Conclusion The ProtecT trial baseline PROMs response rates were high. Symptom frequencies and generic quality of life were similar to those observed in populations screened for prostate cancer and control subjects without cancer.

Published
2016

11. Best books on oncology: a personal choice

Author

Howard, Grahame

Subjects
Oncology -- Bibliography
Abstract

Oncology covers numerous different disciplines of interest to practising oncologists as well as those in other branches of medicine. For example, The Molecular Biology of Cancer will interest many "generalists," […]

Published
1994

13. Outcome analysis of 300 prostate cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant androgen deprivation and hypofractionated radiotherapy

Author

Higgins, Geoffrey S., McLaren, Duncan B., Kerr, Gillian R., Elliott, Tony, and Howard, Grahame C.W.

Subjects
*CANCER, *ANDROLOGY, *RADIOTHERAPY, *HORMONE therapy
Abstract

Purpose: Neoadjuvant androgen deprivation and radical radiotherapy is an established treatment for localized prostate carcinoma. This study sought to analyze the outcomes of patients treated with relatively low-dose hypofractionated radiotherapy. Methods and Materials: Three hundred patients with T1–T3 prostate cancer were treated between 1996 and 2001. Patients were prescribed 3 months of neoadjuvant androgen deprivation before receiving 5250 cGy in 20 fractions. Patients’ case notes and the oncology database were used to retrospectively assess outcomes. Median follow-up was 58 months. Results: Patients presented with prostate cancer with poorer prognostic indicators than that reported in other series. At 5 years, the actuarial cause-specific survival rate was 83.2% and the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) relapse rate was 57.3%. Metastatic disease had developed in 23.4% of patients. PSA relapse continued to occur 5 years from treatment in all prognostic groups. Independent prognostic factors for relapse included treatment near the start of the study period, neoadjuvant oral anti-androgen monotherapy rather than neoadjuvant luteinizing hormone releasing hormone therapy, and diagnosis through transurethral resection of the prostate rather than transrectal ultrasound. Conclusion: This is the largest reported series of patients treated with neoadjuvant androgen deprivation and hypofractionated radiotherapy in the United Kingdom. Neoadjuvant hormonal therapy did not appear to adequately compensate for the relatively low effective radiation dose used. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Published
2006
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