Publications by authors named "Michael J Shulman"
Purpose: We tested the hypothesis that a single exogenous androgen injection in men with low prostate specific antigen would provoke a differential prostate specific antigen response that would correlate with the presence and volume of cancer at biopsy.
Materials And Methods: Following institutional review board approval 40 men with prostate specific antigen between 2.5 and 4.
Background: The current study was conducted to develop a prognostic model of event-free survival (EFS) in men with androgen-independent prostate carcinoma (AIPC).
Methods: Data from 160 patients diagnosed with AIPC between 1989-2002 were reviewed. No patient had received cytotoxic chemotherapy.
Purpose: Training on a virtual reality (VR) simulator has been shown to improve the performance of VR endoscopic tasks by novice endoscopists. However, to our knowledge the translation of VR skills into clinical endoscopic proficiency has not been demonstrated. We established criterion validity for a VR ureteroscopy simulator by evaluating VR trained subjects in a cadaver model.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: We describe the natural history of androgen independent prostate cancer (AIPC) in the modern prostate specific antigen (PSA) era.
Materials And Methods: Data from 160 patients diagnosed with AIPC between 1989 and 2002 were reviewed. No patient had received cytotoxic chemotherapy.
Objectives: To identify the pretreatment variables that are predictive of response and the duration of response to deferred antiandrogen therapy in men with androgen-independent prostate cancer (AIPC).
Methods: A total of 375 patients receiving androgen deprivation therapy for advanced prostate cancer between 1977 and 2002 had medical records available for retrospective review. Of these 375 patients, 163 were diagnosed with AIPC.