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1 to 1 of 1 Research Studies DisplayedAl Hussein Al Awamlh B, Wallis CJD, Penson DF
Functional outcomes after localized prostate cancer treatment.
The objective of this observational cohort study was to compare rates of adverse functional outcomes between specific treatments for localized prostate cancer. Researchers used data from five U.S. Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program registries. Participants were patients treated for localized prostate cancer in 2011-2012. The results indicated that radical prostatectomy was associated with worse urinary incontinence, but not with worse sexual function, at 10-year followup when compared with radiotherapy or surveillance. Among patients with unfavorable-prognosis disease, external beam radiotherapy with androgen deprivation therapy was associated with worse bowel and hormone function at 10-year followup compared with radical prostatectomy.
AHRQ-funded; HS019356; HS022640.
Citation: Al Hussein Al Awamlh B, Wallis CJD, Penson DF .
Functional outcomes after localized prostate cancer treatment.
JAMA 2024 Jan 23; 331(4):302-17. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.26491.
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Keywords: Cancer: Prostate Cancer, Cancer, Outcomes, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Evidence-Based Practice