Navigating Management of Localized Prostate Cancer in the Geriatric Population

K Malshy, B Golijanin, S Khaleel, K Danaher… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Prostate cancer (PCa) is highly prevalent among aging men and a significant contributor to
global mortality. Balancing early detection and treatment of “clinically significant” disease …

The role of radiation therapy in the older patient

A Dohm, R Diaz, RH Nanda - Current Oncology Reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Older patients represent a unique subgroup of the cancer
patient population for which the role of radiation therapy (RT) requires special consideration …

The significance of SARC-F scores in predicting postoperative outcomes of older adults undergoing elective major surgery for urologic cancer

S Yajima, H Fukushima, S Oda, R Yasujima, K Hirose… - Clinical Nutrition, 2023 - Elsevier
Background & aims Recently, the strength, assistance with walking, rise from a chair, climb
stairs, and falls (SARC-F) questionnaire has been developed to screen patients with signs of …

Impact of frailty on survivals of prostate cancer patients treated with radiotherapy

YY Pan, LC Meng, HM Chen, LK Chen… - Archives of Gerontology …, 2022 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Frailty has been linked to an increased risk of adverse outcomes among
older men with prostate cancer (PCa), which in turn impacts survival. We evaluated the …

A contemporary, nationwide analysis of surgery and radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer

MJ Roberts, N Papa, M Perera, S Scott… - BJU …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To characterize national clinical practice trends in the treatment of prostate cancer
(PC a) in Australia. Patients and Methods Population‐level data were extracted from existing …

Robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy is pushing the boundaries: a national survey of frailty using the national surgical quality improvement program

NF Abou Heidar, CH Ayoub… - Therapeutic …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) has been found to be
comparable and, in some cases, favorable to open surgical approaches, while being used in …

Geriatric assessments can predict functional outcome and mortality after urological tumor surgery

A Kahlmeyer, C Fiebig, M Mueller, M Kraulich… - Urologia …, 2022 - karger.com
Introduction: Older patients undergoing major urological tumor surgery are at severe risk of
functional deterioration, complications, and mortality. We prospectively evaluated geriatric …

The association between age and long-term quality of life after curative treatment for prostate cancer: a cross-sectional study

R Sletten, OB Christiansen, LM Oldervoll, L Åstrøm… - 2024 - ntnuopen.ntnu.no
Objective: We aimed to investigate the associations between age at radical prostate cancer
treatment and long-term global quality of life (QoL), physical function (PF), and treatment …

Self-reported health, function, and use of health care services in older prostate cancer survivors compared to matched controls: a cross-sectional study

R Sletten, M Slaaen, LM Oldervoll… - Journal of Cancer …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Information about outcomes of particular relevance to older prostate cancer
survivors is limited. This study aimed to compare health, activities of daily living (ADL), and …

The effect of adverse patient characteristics on perioperative outcomes in open and robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

M Wenzel, F Preisser, LH Theissen, C Humke… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Objective: To analyze the effect of adverse preoperative patient and tumor characteristics on
perioperative outcomes of open (ORP) and robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) …