Comparative effectiveness of new treatment modalities for localized prostate cancer through patient-reported outcome measures.

Purpose: There is scarce comparative effectiveness research on the new treatment modalities for localized prostate cancer. We aim to compare through Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) the impact of active surveillance, robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), and real-time brachytherapy, considering side effects (incontinence, irritative/obstructive urinary symptoms, sexual dysfunction and bowel symptoms) and physical and mental health.

Materials And Methods: Prospective cohort of men diagnosed with clinically localized prostate cancer (age 50-75y, T1-T2, and low risk including Gleason 3 + 4 in T1c) from 18 Spanish hospitals, followed up to 24 months.

Psychometric validation of the Spanish version of the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite-26.

Purpose: To assess the validity, reliability, and responsiveness of the Spanish version of the Expanded Prostate cancer Index Composite (EPIC) with 26 items.

Methods: Multicentric longitudinal study of patients diagnosed with localized or locally advanced prostate cancer (any T, any N, M0) treated with active surveillance, surgery, external radiotherapy, or brachytherapy. The EPIC-50 was administered initially to the cohort (n = 324 patients), until it was replaced in November 2019 by the EPIC-26 (n = 543), in both groups before treatment and 12 months after.

Mortality and biochemical recurrence after surgery, brachytherapy, or external radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer: a 10-year follow-up cohort study.

To compare the effectiveness at ten years of follow-up of radical prostatectomy, brachytherapy and external radiotherapy, in terms of overall survival, prostate cancer-specific mortality and biochemical recurrence. Cohort of men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer (T1/T2 and low/intermediate risk) from ten Spanish hospitals, followed for 10 years. The treatment selection was decided jointly by patients and physicians.

Small renal mass: report of one case and bibliographic review.

Objectives: We present a new case of small renal mass in which monitoring was chosen, no surgical intervention, and review of literature about this.

Methods And Results: We present a case of a female, 80 years of age, who was diagnosed of small renal mass (2 cms). We monitored the patient every 6 months through C.