Publications by authors named "Crystal Casado"

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  • African American men are diagnosed with and die from prostate cancer at higher rates than Caucasian men, and genetic differences, specifically higher rates of CDK12 somatic mutations, may contribute to this disparity.
  • A study analyzing ctDNA in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) between these two groups found that African American men exhibited significantly more pathogenic mutations and frameshift mutations after treatment with abiraterone and/or enzalutamide.
  • The results suggest that the genetic differences observed in African American men could have implications for targeted treatments and personalized medicine in managing prostate cancer.
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Background: Bipolar androgen therapy (BAT) is a novel therapy known to be effective in a subset of men with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). A better understanding of responders and nonresponders to BAT would be useful to clinicians considering BAT therapy for patients. Herein we analyze clinical and genetic factors in responders/nonresponders to better refine our understanding regarding which patients benefit from this innovative therapy.

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Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in American men following skin cancer, with approximately one in eight men being diagnosed during their lifetime. Over the past several decades, the treatment of prostate cancer has evolved rapidly, so too has screening. Since the mid-2010s, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided biopsies or 'targeted biopsies' has been a rapidly growing topic of clinical research within the field of urologic oncology.

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Memory for an event is influenced by many factors including retention interval, frequency of assessment, and type of information assessed concerning the event. We examined the usefulness of observer memory for contextual information in assessing accuracy of memory for central information. Participants viewed a video of a purse being stolen and were asked questions concerning the perpetrator and surrounding context of the event, including where and when the event occurred and who else was present.

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