News

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

• Helping Men Decide on Prostate Cancer Treatment (6/2017) - A follow-up to "Prostate Cancer: Voices of Experience"
• Prostate Cancer: Voices of Experience (1/2015) - Provides a glimpse into the workings of the CEASAR study from the points of view of the CEASAR researchers and the patients who partner with the research team

MD Anderson Cancer Center

• JAMA study reveals side effect impact of localized prostate cancer treatments (1/15/2020)  - Highlights the publication of CEASAR 5-year outcomes data in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

The Tennessean

• Study lets prostate cancer patients give input to help others choose best treatment | Opinion (4/20/2019) - Opinion piece from a prostate cancer survivor and patient advocate involved in CEASAR research

UroToday

• Video Lecture (6/2022): Prostate Volume, Baseline Urinary Symptoms, and Their Association with Treatment Choice and Post-Treatment Urinary Function in Men with Localized Prostate Cancer, The CEASAR Study - Daniel Barocas, MD, MPH, FACS and Alicia Morgans, MD, MPH

USA Today

• Know someone with prostate cancer? What a new study tells us about treatment options. (1/24/2024) - Highlights the publication of CEASAR 10-year outcomes data in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

U.S. News & World Report

• Decade-Long Study Offers Guidance on Treatments for Prostate Cancer (1/24/2024) - Highlights the publication of CEASAR 10-year outcomes data in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Vanderbilt DISCOVER

• Lengthening Our Perspective on Effects of Prostate Cancer Treatment (4/5/2019) - Details the next phase of CEASAR: the 8-10 year follow-up scheduled to begin in early 2020
• Building a Digital Tool for Prostate Cancer Decision-making (2/13/2019) - Details the use of CEASAR data in the development of an online aid for shared-decision making for men with prostate cancer
• Comparing Patient-Reported Outcomes for Treating Localized Prostate Cancer (1/4/2019) - Highlights the research conducted by the CEASAR team through 2018

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) Momentum

• Decision Tree (6/22/2011) - Details the process of helping prostate cancer patients select the treatment that's best for them, and how CEASAR research will be able to aid patients in this process

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) Reporter

• Long-term follow up pinpoints side effects of treatments for prostate cancer patients (1/24/2024) - Highlights the publication of CEASAR 10-year outcomes data in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
• Study examines prostate cancer treatment decisions (1/23/2020) - Highlights the publication of CEASAR 5-year outcomes data in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
• Tool guides decision-making for prostate cancer patients (3/28/2019) - Describes the use of CEASAR data in the computer-based prostate cancer decision aid known as WiserCare, a tool which allows for a patient to receive personalized predictions about how his quality of life may be affected by any one treatment
• Study shows active surveillance preserves quality of life for prostate cancer patients (3/21/2017) - Highlights the publication of CEASAR 3-year outcomes data in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
• VU to lead prostate cancer treatment research effort (5/23/2013) - Details the awarding of follow-up PCORI funding to continue CEASAR research and data collection