Publications by authors named "Maike F Eylert"
Objective: To investigate the association between androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) and fracture risk in men with prostate cancer in England.
Patients And Methods: Using the Hospital Episodes Statistics database, which contains all the information about National Health Service (NHS) and NHS-funded hospital admissions in England, for the years 2004-2008, 8 902 patients were found to have had prostate cancer and an admission to hospital with a fracture. Of these patients, 3 372 (37.
Objective: To ascertain current trends in the incidence and mortality rates for upper tract urothelial cancer (UTUC) and identify any relationship with age, stage at presentation, social deprivation and treatment method.
Patients And Methods: We used national databases to collect the data: incidence, stage and survival data from the National Cancer Data Repository (NCDR) and British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) audit database; mortality data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS); and treatment method data from the Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES).
Results: The incidence of UTUC is increasing (from 1985 to 2009 it increased by 38% in men and 77% in women).
Objective: To establish an evidence base to guide consenting for treatment of organ-confined prostate cancer with regard to penile shortening.
Materials And Methods: We performed literature searches using the EMBASE, MEDLINE, AHMED and PsycINFO databases up to October 2011, looking for articles relating to surgical treatment of prostate cancer and penile shortening and articles relating to radiotherapy for prostate cancer and penile shortening. We also looked at further references in the papers identified.