According to a newly published article in BJU International, a new prostate cancer registry (Prostate Cancer Outcomes Registry — Australia and New Zealand or PCOR-ANZ) has been established to monitor outcomes of prostate cancer treatment and care “in a cost-effective manner”. … READ MORE …
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Patient registries are potentially a rich source of information with which to evaluate outcomes. They often include patient characteristics, details of the therapies they received, and outcomes tracked over time. They also provide full population data of all patients treated at participating centers, and can provide very large amounts of data over time. … READ MORE …
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Data from just over 2,000 prostate cancer patients in the Victorian Prostate Cancer Registry (VPCR, from the State of Victoria, Australia) suggest some difference in outcomes between men receiving open and robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery for localized prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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From the perspective of the disinterested observer, one of the very least edifying aspects of issues related to the management of prostate cancer has been the nearly 50-year-long “discussion” between the urology community and the radiation oncology community about the most appropriate way(s) to treat localized disease. … READ MORE …
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We have just heard that the Cancer Support Community (CSC) has initiated a major new patient registry specifically for men who have or have had prostate cancer. This registry has been initiated in collaboration with Us TOO International and ZERO — The End of Prostate Cancer. … READ MORE
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Many patients newly diagnosed with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) may be interested in participating in a new registry study known as the TRUMPET study, which has just started to enroll patients and is sponsored by Astellas and Medivation (the developers and marketers of enzalutamide/Xtandi). … READ MORE …
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At the annual meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) this morning, Dr. Matt Cooperberg reported that a total of 450 US-based urologists had now signed up to contribute data on their prostate cancer patients to the AQUA Registry. … READ MORE …
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For much of the past 6 years, The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink has regularly argued in favor of the need for a real, national, US-based registry system designed to collate and track data on the diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of men with prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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Over the years, it has proved almost impossible to recruit patients to comparative trials of different types of first-line treatment in the management of localized prostate cancer — particularly in the USA. … READ MORE …
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According to an article in BJU International, the State of Victoria, Australia, has initiated development of what appears to be a well-constructed, pilot, prostate cancer registry (PCR). Good for them! … READ MORE …
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As most regular readers and experienced prostate cancer advocates will be aware, there is a constant stream of published case series reporting data on outcomes of men treated with a variety of different types of radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer … but very little data (actually near to none) comparing one type to another. … READ MORE …
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In May last year (i.e., May 2010), the Prostate Cancer Foundation announced a partnership with Johns Hopkins and Cedars-Sinai to set up a national, proactive prostate cancer surveillance initiative. We reported this announcement … and then we heard no more. … READ MORE …
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A multi-institutional “Registry for Prostate Cancer Radiosurgery” (RPCR) was initially set up in July 2010 to track clinical and functional outcomes of men with localized prostate cancer treated with the CyberKnife stereotactic body radiation therapy system (SBRT) at academic and community-based centers throughout the U.S. … READ MORE …
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In today’s prostate cancer news reports we address:
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THE "NEW" PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK 