Background: Although 5-alpha reductase inhibitors (5ARIs) have demonstrated that they reduce the risk of prostate … cancer (PCa), they have not demonstrated cost effectiveness in the patient populations in which they have been examined …

-stage prostate cancer because of differences in risks of genitourinary adverse effects among available treatments. Objectives: We … other management options. Methods: We recruited 593 patients with newly diagnosed local-stage prostate cancer prior to …

Objective: To determine whether different utilities for prostate cancer screening outcomes for couples, and husbands … couples from three family practice centers in Texas, USA. Utilities for eight adverse outcomes of prostate cancer screening … for each couple. Using a previously published decision-analytic model of prostate cancer screening, we input the husband …

The resources devoted to managing metastatic prostate cancer are enormous, yet little attention has been given to … pharmacoeconomics of available treatments for metastatic prostate cancer, including hormone-sensitive disease, androgen …-independent prostate cancer and locally advanced/progressive disease. We identified 58 articles addressing economic issues related to …

prostate cancer study. In addition, their finite-sample properties are compared using simulated data. …

Background: Following treatment for localized prostate cancer, men are monitored with serial PSA measurements. Refining ….Methods: Data from 934 patients treated for prostate cancer between 1987 and 2000 were used to develop a comprehensive statistical …

This paper compares the portrayal of breast, testicular and prostate cancer in mass print English language magazines in … and prostate cancer when older. The association of disease not just with personhood but also with the specifics of …

affects the overall well-being of the patient. In the prostate cancer field, HR-QOL assessments have evolved rapidly during … the last decade. The importance of HR-QOL and associated research in prostate cancer is being more and more appreciated …. Most published studies concern patients with early prostate cancer; studies in patients with late advanced stages are less …

The purpose of this article was to provide an overview of the morbidity and mortality of prostate cancer, QOL issues … pharmacoeconomic issues. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. In the US, new estimated cases of prostate cancer … represented 14.8% of all new cancer cases for 2000, with estimated deaths from prostate cancer comprising 5.8% of all deaths from …