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| Sabrina CleavingerSummaryAffiliation: Schiffler Cancer Center Country: USA Publications
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Long-term urinary quality of life after permanent prostate brachytherapyGregory S Merrick
Schiffler Cancer Center, Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, WV 26003, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 56:454-61. 2003..To evaluate late urinary function after permanent prostate brachytherapy using a validated, patient-administered quality-of-life instrument...- Brachytherapy-related dysuriaGregory S Merrick
Schiffler Cancer Center, Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, WV 26003 6300, USA
BJU Int 95:597-602. 2005..To evaluate the incidence and temporal resolution of dysuria after permanent prostate brachytherapy, and to identify predictors of brachytherapy-related dysuria... - Permanent interstitial brachytherapy for clinically organ-confined high-grade prostate cancer with a pretreatment PSA < 20 ng/mLGregory S Merrick
Schiffler Cancer Center, Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, West Virginia 26003 6300, USA
Am J Clin Oncol 27:611-5. 2004.... - Patient selection for prostate brachytherapy: more myth than factGregory S Merrick
Schiffler Cancer Center, Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, West Virginia 26003 6300, USA
Oncology (Williston Park) 18:445-52; discussion 452, 455-7. 2004..Refinements in patient selection may result in further improvements in biochemical and quality-of-life outcomes. Herein, we have summarized evidence-based vs unsubstantiated patient selection factors that affect outcome... - Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) velocity and benign prostate hypertrophy predict for PSA spikes following prostate brachytherapyGregory S Merrick
Department of Radiation Oncology, Schiffler Cancer Center, Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, WV 26003 6300, USA
Brachytherapy 2:181-8. 2003..To evaluate if variants of serum PSA or benign prostatic hypertrophy correlate with the development of a PSA spike following permanent prostate brachytherapy... - Rectal function following brachytherapy with or without supplemental external beam radiation: results of two prospective randomized trialsGregory S Merrick
Department of Radiation Oncology, Schiffler Cancer Center, Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, WV 26003 6300, USA
Brachytherapy 2:147-57. 2003..To evaluate the effect of isotope and supplemental external beam radiation therapy (XRT) on brachytherapy-related rectal morbidity, using prospective, patient-administered quality of life (QOL) assessments... - Effect of cigarette smoking on biochemical outcome after permanent prostate brachytherapyGregory S Merrick
Schiffer Cancer Center, Wheeling Hospital, and Wheeling Jesuit University, WV 26003 6300, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 58:1056-62. 2004..In this study, we evaluated the effect of cigarette smoking on the presentation and biochemical outcome after permanent prostate brachytherapy for prostate cancer... - Prognostic significance of percent positive biopsies in clinically organ-confined prostate cancer treated with permanent prostate brachytherapy with or without supplemental external-beam radiationGregory S Merrick
Schiffler Cancer Center, Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, West Virginia 26003 6300, USA
Cancer J 10:54-60. 2004.... - Effect of transurethral resection on urinary quality of life after permanent prostate brachytherapyGregory S Merrick
Schiffler Cancer Center, Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, WV 26003 6300, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 58:81-8. 2004..To determine the effect of transurethral resection on urinary function after permanent prostate brachytherapy using a validated, patient-administered, quality-of-life (QOL) instrument... - Influence of hormonal therapy on late rectal function after permanent prostate brachytherapy with or without supplemental external beam radiotherapyGregory S Merrick
Schiffler Cancer Center, Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, WV 26003 6300, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 58:68-74. 2004..Using a patient-administered quality-of-life instrument, we evaluated the effect of hormonal therapy on late rectal function after permanent prostate brachytherapy with or without supplemental external beam radiotherapy... - Factors affecting patient selection for prostate brachytherapy: what nurses should knowDebra Zeroski
Clin J Oncol Nurs 9:553-60. 2005..Clinical studies seek to further define patient selection criteria and examine optimal choices for adjuvant treatment and isotope preference. Expanding the knowledge base of nurses helps enhance patient care...