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Body mass index and prostate cancer severity: do obese men harbor more aggressive disease on prostate biopsy?Karim Chamie
Department of Urology, Health Services Research Group, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA Electronic address
Urology 81:949-55. 2013..To examine the association of obesity with the prebiopsy prostate-specific antigen (PSA), Gleason score, clinical stage, and D'Amico tumor risk in 2 independent cohorts of men with prostate cancer...
Comorbidities, treatment and ensuing survival in men with prostate cancerKarim Chamie
UCLA Department of Urology, Health Services Research Group, 924 Westwood Blvd, Suite 1000, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
J Gen Intern Med 27:492-9. 2012..Comorbidity is poorly integrated into prostate cancer decision making...- The impact of social networks and partnership status on treatment choice in men with localized prostate cancerKarim Chamie
Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
BJU Int 109:1006-12. 2012..The decision to pursue radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer is often influenced by factors outside the realm of tumour risk, such as a man's support system at home... - Quality of care in patients with bladder cancer: a case report?Karim Chamie
Department of Urology, Health Services Research Group, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
Cancer 118:1412-21. 2012..The authors examined compliance with surveillance and treatment strategies and the pursuant impact on survival in patients with high-grade disease... - Prostate cancer survivorship: lessons from caring for the uninsuredKarim Chamie
Department of Urology, Health Services Research Group, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Urol Oncol 30:102-8. 2012.... - Secondary malignancies among nonseminomatous germ cell tumor cancer survivorsKarim Chamie
Department of Urology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
Cancer 117:4219-30. 2011..In this study, the authors sought to identify such an increased risk among men who chose initial surveillance for NSGCT... - Physician assessment of pretreatment functional status: a process-outcomes linkKarim Chamie
Department of Urology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
J Urol 185:1229-33. 2011..We determined whether accurate pretherapy assessment has a significant role in forecasting health related quality of life after definitive treatment for prostate cancer... - Compliance with guidelines for patients with bladder cancer: variation in the delivery of careKarim Chamie
Department of Urology, Health Services Research Group, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Cancer 117:5392-401. 2011..In the current study, the authors sought to characterize practice patterns in patients with high-grade non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer in relation to established guidelines... - Comorbidity and competing risks for mortality in men with prostate cancerTimothy J Daskivich
Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Cancer 117:4642-50. 2011..The authors sought to assess the competing risks of nonprostate cancer and prostate cancer mortality among men with differing Charlson comorbidity index scores and tumor risks... - Overtreatment of men with low-risk prostate cancer and significant comorbidityTimothy J Daskivich
Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Cancer 117:2058-66. 2011..Men with low-risk prostate cancer and significant comorbidity are susceptible to overtreatment. The authors sought to compare the impact of comorbidity and age on treatment choice in men with low-risk disease... - Bone scan overuse in staging of prostate cancer: an analysis of a Veterans Affairs cohortRoland Palvolgyi
Department of Urology, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
Urology 77:1330-6. 2011..With contemporary widespread prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening, more patients are being diagnosed with low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer, reducing the need and yield of bone scan imaging... - Cystectomy in the elderly: does the survival benefit in younger patients translate to the octogenarians?Karim Chamie
Department of Urology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
BJU Int 102:284-90. 2008..To determine whether the survival benefit achieved with radical cystectomy (RC, the reference standard for treating muscle-invasive bladder cancer) in younger patients justifies its use in octogenarians... - Effect of age on transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract: presentation, treatment, and outcomesStanley A Yap
Department of Urology, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
Urology 78:87-92. 2011..The effect of advancing age on the disease extent and survival has not been well delineated in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma... - Improved prediction of long-term, other cause mortality in men with prostate cancerTimothy J Daskivich
Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095 1738, USA
J Urol 186:1868-73. 2011..We identified long-term risks of other cause mortality associated with comorbidities in the Charlson index and applied these to the creation of a prostate cancer specific comorbidity index... - The role of self-efficacy in quality of life for disadvantaged men with prostate cancerJennifer E Heckman
Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095 1772, USA
J Urol 186:1855-61. 2011..We examined the influence of perceived efficacy in patient-physician interactions on health related quality of life among low income, uninsured men with prostate cancer during a 2-year period... - Contemporary open ureteral reimplantation without morphine: assessment of pain and outcomesKarim Chamie
Department of Urology, University of California, Davis, Children s Hospital and School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA
J Urol 182:1147-51. 2009..We documented postoperative pain and outcomes of a contemporary series of minimally invasive ureteral reimplantation... - Agent Orange exposure, Vietnam War veterans, and the risk of prostate cancerKarim Chamie
Department of Urology, University of California Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
Cancer 113:2464-70. 2008.... - Impact of a bladder cancer diagnosis on smoking behaviorJeffrey C Bassett
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Clin Oncol 30:1871-8. 2012..Little is known about the impact of a diagnosis of bladder cancer on patterns of tobacco use and smoking cessation among patients with incident bladder cancer... - Sociodemographic factors associated with nephrectomy in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinomaNicholas J Hellenthal
Department of Urology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA
J Urol 181:1013-8; discussion 1018-9. 2009..We determined the roles of patient age, gender, race and in particular marital status in the decision to pursue nephrectomy and the ensuing effect on overall survival... 
Cost-benefit and outcome analysis: effect of prostate biopsy undergradingAngelo J Cambio
Department of Urology, University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
Urology 69:1152-6. 2007..However, the biopsy grade often misrepresents the true pathologic grade. We examined the impact of incorrect biopsy grading on brachytherapy outcomes...- Outcomes after pediatric ureteral reimplantation: a population based analysisHao G Nguyen
Department of Urology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
J Urol 185:2292-7. 2011..Pediatric urology literature is often biased toward single, high volume institutions. We determined the impact of patient, surgeon and hospital characteristics on immediate outcomes for children undergoing ureteral reimplantation... - Short stay pyeloplasty: variables affecting pain and length of stayKarim Chamie
Department of Urology, University of California, Davis Children s Hospital and School of Medicine, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
J Urol 179:1549-52. 2008..We sought to determine what patient and treatment variables affect postoperative pain and length of stay, and whether an open approach could be considered "minimally invasive."..