Skeletal-related events and mortality among men diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer: The impact of alternative measures of radiation to the bone.
Eberechukwu OnukwughaYoung KwokJay P CiezkiCandice YongCatherine PlaisantChandana A ReddyC Daniel MullinsBrian SealAdriana ValderramaArif HussainPublished in: PloS one (2017)
We found that alternative measures used to define RtB as SRE in claims data impact conclusions regarding the effect of SREs on mortality among M0 but not M1 patients.
Keyphrases
- prostate cancer
- end stage renal disease
- cardiovascular events
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- radical prostatectomy
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- bone mineral density
- health insurance
- big data
- cardiovascular disease
- patient reported outcomes
- radiation therapy
- machine learning
- soft tissue