Financial Safety Planning for Older Women, 2000 Edition

Financial Safety Planning for Older Women

Promising Directions: Programs that Serve Iowa Girls in a Single-Sex Environment, September 2000

Promising Directions: Programs that Serve Iowa Girls in a Single-Sex Environment - a resource guide project of the Iowa Gender-Specific Services Task Force. Produced by the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women.

Small Business: Referral Information on Programs to Assist Women and Minorities in Establishing and Expanding Small Businesses, Revised October 2000

Small Business: Referral Information on Programs to Assist Women and Minorities in Establishing and Expanding Small Businesses

Iowa Health Focus, December 2000

Monthly newsletter for Iowa Department of Public Health

Iowa Health Focus, November 2000

Monthly newsletter for Iowa Department of Public Health

Iowa Health Focus, October 2000

Monthly newsletter for Iowa Department of Public Health

Iowa Health Focus, September 2000

Monthly newsletter for the Iowa Department of Public Health

Iowa Health Focus, August 2000

Monthly newsletter for Iowa Department of Public Health

Iowa Health Focus, July 2000

Monthly newsletter for Iowa Department of Public Health

Iowa Health Focus, June 2000

Monthly newsletter for Iowa Department of Public Health

Iowa Health Focus, May 2000

Monthly newsletter for Iowa Department of Public Health

Iowa Health Focus, April 2000

Monthly newsletter for Iowa Department of Public Health

Iowa Health Focus, February 2000

Monthly newsletter for Iowa Department of Public Health

2000 Annual Report of the Iowa Utilities Board, 2000

Annual report for Iowa Utilities Board

Changes in patterns of practice for prostate cancer radiotherapy in Italy 1995-2003. A survey of the Prostate Cancer Study Group of the Italian Radiation Oncology Society.

Aims and background. In 2002, a survey including 1759 patients treated from 1980 to 1998 established a "benchmark" Italian data source for prostate cancer radiotherapy. This report updates the previous one. Methods. Data on clinical management and outcomes of 3001 patients treated in 15 centers from 1999 through 2003 were analyzed and compared with those of the previous survey. Results. Significant differences in clinical management (-10% had abdominal ma-gnetic resonance imaging; +26% received ≥70 Gy, +48% conformal radiotherapy, -20% pelvic radiotherapy) and in G3-4 toxicity rates (-3.8%) were recorded. Actuarial 5-year overall, disease-specific, clinical relapse-free, and biochemical relapse-free survival rates were 88%, 96%, 96% and 88%, respectively. At multivariate analysis, D'Amico risk categories significantly impacted on all the outcomes; higher radiotherapy doses were significantly related with better overall survival rates, and a similar trend was evident for disease-specific and biochemical relapse-free survival; cumulative probability of 5-year late G1-4 toxicity was 24.8% and was significantly related to higher radiotherapy doses (P <0.001). Conclusions. The changing patterns of practice described seem related to an improvement in efficacy and safety of radiotherapy for prostate cancer. However, the impact of the new radiotherapy techniques should be prospectively evaluated.