Effect of Patient Demographic Characteristics and Radiation Timing on PSA Reduction in Patients Treated With Definitive Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer

Micro-Abstract In this study we examined demographic and temporal factors that affect prostate-specific antigen (PSA) dynamics during and after radiation treatment in a cohort of 147 patients who were diagnosed with low- or intermediate-risk prostate cancer. Overall, these factors were not found to...

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Published in:Clinical genitourinary cancer 2015-08, Vol.13 (4), p.364-369
Main Authors: Gupta, Apar, Vernali, Steven, Rand, Alexander E, Agarwal, Ankit, Qureshi, Muhammad M, Hirsch, Ariel E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age of Onset
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Disease-Free Survival
Elapsed time of treatment
Health care access
Health disparities
Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine
Humans
Kallikreins - blood
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Grading
Prostate-Specific Antigen - blood
Prostatic Neoplasms - blood
Prostatic Neoplasms - epidemiology
Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology
Prostatic Neoplasms - radiotherapy
Race
Radiotherapy Dosage
Retrospective Studies
Time to treatment
Treatment Outcome
Urology
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Summary:Micro-Abstract In this study we examined demographic and temporal factors that affect prostate-specific antigen (PSA) dynamics during and after radiation treatment in a cohort of 147 patients who were diagnosed with low- or intermediate-risk prostate cancer. Overall, these factors were not found to be associated with PSA change due to radiation treatment, but did predict PSA level at diagnosis, suggesting that the greatest disparities lie in disease presentation.
ISSN:1558-7673
1938-0682
DOI:10.1016/j.clgc.2015.01.009