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Last name: TUBARO
First name: Andrea
We assessed patients and tumor characteristics, as well as health-related quality of life (HRQoL) items, associated with curative intent treatment decision-making in clinically localized prostate cancer (PCa) patients.
Background: To report health-related quality of life outcomes as assessed by validated patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) after radical prostatectomy (RP). -Methods: This study analyzed patients treated with RP within The PROState cancer monitoring in Italy, from the National Research Council (Pros-IT CNR). Italian versions of Short-Form...
Pros-IT CNR study provides a real-life report on changes in quality of life 6 mo after the diagnosis of prostate cancer.
The National Research Council (CNR) prostate cancer monitoring project in Italy (Pros-IT CNR) is an observational, prospective, ongoing, multicentre study aiming to monitor a sample of Italian males diagnosed as new cases of prostate cancer. The present study aims to present data on the quality of life at time prostate cancer is diagnosed.
BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common neoplasm in male patients. To date, there's no certain indication about the maximum waiting time (WT) acceptable for treatment beginning and the impact on oncological and functional outcomes has not been well established.METHODS: Data from the National Research Council PCa monitoring...
Purpose Therapeutic strategies for prostate cancer (PCa) have been evolving dramatically worldwide. The current article reports on the evolution of surgical management strategies for PCa in Italy. Methods The data from two independent Italian multicenter projects, the MIRROR-SIU/LUNA (started in 2007, holding data of 890 patients) and the...
Objective To evaluate both the patterns of prescription of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in patients with prostate cancer (PCA) and the adherence to European Association of Urology (EAU) guidelines for ADT prescription. Methods The Choosing Treatment for Prostate Cancer (CHOICE) study was an Italian multicentre cross-sectional study...
Objective To analyze the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and osteoporosis in patients treated with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer (PCa) but not adherent to European Association of Urology (EAU) guidelines. Materials and Methods The CHOosIng Treatment for Prostate CanCEr (CHOICE) study was an Italian...