Chris Parker

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Affiliation: Institute of Cancer Research
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Prolonging survival in prostate cancer: chemotherapy will have an important role
    Chris Parker
    Academic Unit of Radiotherapy and Oncology, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    BJU Int 96:2-3. 2005
  2. ncbi Radiotherapy and androgen deprivation in combination after local surgery (RADICALS): a new Medical Research Council/National Cancer Institute of Canada phase III trial of adjuvant treatment after radical prostatectomy
    Chris Parker
    Academic Unit of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal, Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    BJU Int 99:1376-9. 2007
  3. ncbi The role of hemoglobin concentration in clinically localized prostate cancer treated with radical radiotherapy +/- neoadjuvant androgen deprivation
    Chris Parker
    Academic Unit of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 58:53-8. 2004
  4. ncbi Active surveillance: towards a new paradigm in the management of early prostate cancer
    Chris Parker
    Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    Lancet Oncol 5:101-6. 2004
  5. ncbi Open-label phase II study evaluating the efficacy and safety of two doses of pertuzumab in castrate chemotherapy-naive patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer
    Johann Sebastian de Bono
    Drug Development Unit and Department of Academic Urology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, Institute for Cancer Research, Surrey, United Kingdom
    J Clin Oncol 25:257-62. 2007
  6. ncbi Early outcomes of active surveillance for localized prostate cancer
    Claire Hardie
    Academic Unit of Radiotherapy and Oncology, The Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    BJU Int 95:956-60. 2005
  7. ncbi Prostate-specific antigen velocity in untreated, localized prostate cancer
    Ramachandran Venkitaraman
    Academic Unit of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    BJU Int 101:161-4. 2008
  8. ncbi Intrinsic markers of tumour hypoxia and angiogenesis in localised prostate cancer and outcome of radical treatment: a retrospective analysis of two randomised radiotherapy trials and one surgical cohort study
    Roy Vergis
    Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK
    Lancet Oncol 9:342-51. 2008
  9. ncbi Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) kinetics in untreated, localized prostate cancer: PSA velocity vs PSA doubling time
    Michael K Ng
    Academic Unit Urology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, UK
    BJU Int 103:872-6. 2009
  10. ncbi Predictors of histological disease progression in untreated, localized prostate cancer
    Ramachandran Venkitaraman
    Academic Unit of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Marsden National Health Service Foundation Trust, Sutton, United Kingdom
    J Urol 178:833-7. 2007

Detail Information

Publications29

  1. ncbi Prolonging survival in prostate cancer: chemotherapy will have an important role
    Chris Parker
    Academic Unit of Radiotherapy and Oncology, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    BJU Int 96:2-3. 2005
  2. ncbi Radiotherapy and androgen deprivation in combination after local surgery (RADICALS): a new Medical Research Council/National Cancer Institute of Canada phase III trial of adjuvant treatment after radical prostatectomy
    Chris Parker
    Academic Unit of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal, Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    BJU Int 99:1376-9. 2007
  3. ncbi The role of hemoglobin concentration in clinically localized prostate cancer treated with radical radiotherapy +/- neoadjuvant androgen deprivation
    Chris Parker
    Academic Unit of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 58:53-8. 2004
    ..01), and (for the NAD + RT data set) T stage (p < 0.001), but not pre-NAD Hb (p = 0.24) or pre-RT Hb (p > 0.3). CONCLUSION: Hemoglobin level is not an important determinant of RT outcome in localized prostate cancer...
  4. ncbi Active surveillance: towards a new paradigm in the management of early prostate cancer
    Chris Parker
    Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    Lancet Oncol 5:101-6. 2004
    ..In the longer term, active surveillance may accelerate progress towards a new treatment paradigm for early prostate cancer based on the selective use of therapies designed, not to eradicate the disease, but to alter its natural history...
  5. ncbi Open-label phase II study evaluating the efficacy and safety of two doses of pertuzumab in castrate chemotherapy-naive patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer
    Johann Sebastian de Bono
    Drug Development Unit and Department of Academic Urology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, Institute for Cancer Research, Surrey, United Kingdom
    J Clin Oncol 25:257-62. 2007
    ..To determine the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) 50% decline rate within 24 weeks of starting treatment with single-agent pertuzumab in castrate patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC)...
  6. ncbi Early outcomes of active surveillance for localized prostate cancer
    Claire Hardie
    Academic Unit of Radiotherapy and Oncology, The Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    BJU Int 95:956-60. 2005
    ..Ongoing studies are seeking to optimize the AS protocol, and to compare the long-term outcomes with those of immediate radical treatment...
  7. ncbi Prostate-specific antigen velocity in untreated, localized prostate cancer
    Ramachandran Venkitaraman
    Academic Unit of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    BJU Int 101:161-4. 2008
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  8. ncbi Intrinsic markers of tumour hypoxia and angiogenesis in localised prostate cancer and outcome of radical treatment: a retrospective analysis of two randomised radiotherapy trials and one surgical cohort study
    Roy Vergis
    Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK
    Lancet Oncol 9:342-51. 2008
    ..We aimed to study the predictive value of intrinsic markers of tumour hypoxia and angiogenesis in localised prostate cancer, both in patients treated with radiotherapy and in those treated surgically...
  9. ncbi Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) kinetics in untreated, localized prostate cancer: PSA velocity vs PSA doubling time
    Michael K Ng
    Academic Unit Urology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, UK
    BJU Int 103:872-6. 2009
    ....
  10. ncbi Predictors of histological disease progression in untreated, localized prostate cancer
    Ramachandran Venkitaraman
    Academic Unit of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Marsden National Health Service Foundation Trust, Sutton, United Kingdom
    J Urol 178:833-7. 2007
    ..There is no consensus on the need for or optimum timing of repeat biopsies as part of active surveillance...
  11. ncbi Expression of Bcl-2, p53, and MDM2 in localized prostate cancer with respect to the outcome of radical radiotherapy dose escalation
    Roy Vergis
    Academic Urology Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey, UK
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 78:35-41. 2010
    ..We analyzed tumor expression of apoptotic markers with respect to outcome in men with localized prostate cancer in two randomized controlled trials of radiotherapy dose escalation...
  12. ncbi Adjuvant vs. salvage radiotherapy for pathologically advanced prostate cancer
    Gerard P McVey
    Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    Curr Opin Urol 20:229-33. 2010
    ..It has a particular focus on the debate concerning the optimum timing of postoperative radiotherapy: adjuvant treatment for all high-risk cases vs. salvage treatment at the time of prostate-specific antigen relapse...
  13. ncbi A more selective approach to prostate biopsy could be a safe and effective form of prostate cancer 'prevention'
    Chris Parker
    Academic Urology Unit, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    BJU Int 100:488-90. 2007
  14. ncbi What is low-risk prostate cancer and what is its natural history?
    Helen O'Donnell
    Institute of Cancer Research, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5PT, UK
    World J Urol 26:415-22. 2008
    ..Such markers could be used to distinguish those men with truly indolent disease, suitable for observation, from those with significant prostate cancer that stand to benefit from treatment...
  15. ncbi Identification of seven new prostate cancer susceptibility loci through a genome-wide association study
    Rosalind A Eeles
    The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    Nat Genet 41:1116-21. 2009
    ..In addition to replicating previous associations, we identified seven new prostate cancer susceptibility loci on chromosomes 2, 4, 8, 11 and 22 (with P = 1.6 x 10(-8) to P = 2.7 x 10(-33))...
  16. ncbi Treating prostate cancer with radiotherapy
    Anna Wilkins
    Academic Urology Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
    Nat Rev Clin Oncol 7:583-9. 2010
    ..It is likely that recent technical advances, such as intensity modulation and image guidance, will further improve the toxicity profile of prostate radiotherapy...
  17. ncbi The Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group Study: the case for conservative management
    Chris Parker
    Academic Unit of Radiotherapy and Oncology, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    BJU Int 96:952-3. 2005
  18. ncbi Editorial comment on: Prospective evaluation of quality of life in prostate cancer patients receiving combined treatment of postoperative radiotherapy plus androgen suppression for PT3 or positive resection margin after radical prostatectomy
    Chris Parker
    Eur Urol 52:1651-2. 2007
  19. ncbi Testosterone and erectile function recovery after radiotherapy and long-term androgen deprivation with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists
    Derek R Wilke
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Nova Scotia Cancer Centre, Capital Health, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    BJU Int 97:963-8. 2006
    ..Few men recover potency and sexual desire. The patients age and LH/TT ratio may be predictive of the time to recovery of both supracastrate and normal testosterone levels...
  20. ncbi Does active surveillance for men with localized prostate cancer carry psychological morbidity?
    Katriina L Burnet
    Psychological Medicine, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
    BJU Int 100:540-3. 2007
    ....
  21. ncbi Systemic vasculitis presenting with acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage: case report and review of the literature
    Chad M Sisk
    Department of Gastroenterology, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA
    Dig Dis Sci 48:1782-5. 2003
  22. ncbi Polarographic electrode study of tumor oxygenation in clinically localized prostate cancer
    Chris Parker
    Department of Biostatistics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 58:750-7. 2004
    ..HP(5), as determined in this study, should adequately discriminate among patients with prostate cancer and allow the independent prognostic significance of oxygenation to be evaluated once the study matures...
  23. ncbi Watchful waiting, temporarily deferred therapy, or active surveillance?
    Chris Parker
    J Clin Oncol 23:1322; author reply 1322-3. 2005
  24. ncbi Adjuvant radiotherapy after surgery for prostate cancer
    Chris Parker
    JAMA 300:2119; author reply 2119. 2008
  25. ncbi Role of neoadjuvant androgen deprivation before radical prostate radiotherapy
    Chris Parker
    Lancet Oncol 6:819-21. 2005
  26. ncbi Risk of malignancy in patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder: nested case-control study
    Julia Hippisley-Cox
    Division of Primary Care, University of Nottingham, 13th Floor Tower Bldg, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:1368-76. 2007
    ..There is conflicting evidence on whether people with schizophrenia have a different risk of cancer from that of the general population...
  27. ncbi Recruiting older people into a large, community-based study of heart failure
    Sarah Barnes
    Sheffield Institute for Studies on Ageing, University of Sheffield, Elmfield, Northumberland Road, Sheffield, S10 2TU, UK
    Chronic Illn 1:321-9. 2005
    ..The paper concludes that prospective longitudinal studies are of particular relevance to chronic illness, and the complexity of setting up such research must be acknowledged and appropriately resourced...
  28. ncbi Androgen withdrawal in patients reduces prostate cancer hypoxia: implications for disease progression and radiation response
    Michael Milosevic
    Radiation Medicine Program, Department of Medical Imaging, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Cancer Res 67:6022-5. 2007
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  29. ncbi Re: All-cause mortality in randomized trials of cancer screening
    Chris Parker
    J Natl Cancer Inst 94:861-2; author reply 865-6. 2002