Evidence Report Staff

• AHCPR Program Director
• Naomi Aronson, Ph.D.

• Systematic Review
• Jerome Seidenfeld, Ph.D., Project Director
• David J. Samson

• Meta-Analysis
• Victor Hasselblad, Ph.D.

• Cost-Effective Analysis
• Alan M. Garber, M.D., Ph.D.
• Adalsteinn Brown, A.B.
• Ahmed M. Bayoumi, M.D., M.Sc.

• Research/Editorial Staff
• Claudia J. Bonnell, B.S.N., M.L.S.
• Maurice Carter
• Maxine Gere, M.S.
• Lori D. Nickel
• Katheleen M. Ziegler, Pharm.D.

Technical Advisory Group

• Peter C. Albertsen, M.D.
• University of Connecticut Health Center
• Division of Urology

• Charles Bennett, M.D., Ph.D.
• Institute for Health Services Research
• Northwestern University

• Alan M. Garber, M.D., Ph.D.
• Stanford University School of Medicine;
• Division of General Internal Medicine

• Victor Hasselblad, Ph.D.
• Duke Clinical Research Institute
• Duke University

• Timothy J. Wilt, M.D., M.P.H.
• Section of General Medicine
• Minneapolis VA Medical Center

External Expert Reviewers

• Alex A. Adjei, M.D., Ph.D.
• Mayo Clinic

• Grant P. Bagley, M.D.
• Director, Coverage & Analysis Group
• Health Care Financing Administration

• Otis Brawley, M.D. a
• Director, Office of Special Populations, NCI

• Dr. Otilia Dalesio a
• Department of Biometrics,
• Netherlands Cancer Institute
• Prostate Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group

• Chester Good, M.D., M.P.H.
• Pittsburgh VA Medical Center

• Manny Hamelburg
• Patient Representative nominated by the American Foundation for Urologic Diseases

• H. Logan Holtgrewe, M.D.
• Chair, Health Policy Council
• American Urological Association

• Gary Huckabay, Ph.D. a
• Cameron University
• Patient Representative nominated by the National Prostate Cancer Coalition

• Deborah A. Kuban, M.D.
• Eastern Virginia Medical School
• Nominated by the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology

• Philip W. Kantoff
• Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology

• Joseph Lau, M.D.
• Division of Clinical Care Research
• New England Medical Center
• EPC Project Director

• Henry A. Porterfield
• Patient Representative nominated by US TOO International

• Ian M. Thompson, Jr., M.D.
• Brook Army Medical Center

• John H. Wasson, M.D.
• Prostate Patient Outcomes Research Team
• Dartmouth Medical School

• Patrick C. Walsh, M.D.
• Urologist-in-Chief
• James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute
• The Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Nominated by the American Urological Association

• Jane Weeks, M.D.
• Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

• Nicholas J. Vogelzang, M.D.
• University of Chicago, Medical Center
• Section of Hematology/Oncology
• Nominated by the American Society of Clinical Oncology

• Anthony Zeitman, M.D.
• Massachusetts General Hospital
• Department of Radiation Oncology

• Pharmaceutical Companies
• Brian McMaster, RPh
• Hoescht Marion Roussel Canada

• Lisa Porter, M.D.
• Zeneca Pharmaceuticals

• Brian Niemi, RPh a
• TAP Pharmaceuticals

• Lily Chen, Pharm.D.
• Schering Laboratories

• John Wodtke, RPh a
• Hoeschst Marion Roussel

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Medical Advisory Panel

• Peter C. Albertsen, M.D.
• University of Connecticut Health Center
• Division of Urology

• James O. Armitage, M.D.
• University of Nebraska Medical Center
• Chairman Department of Internal Medicine

• Wade Aubry, M.D. (Chair)
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
• National Medical Consultant

• J. Lawrence Colley, M.D.
• Corporate Medical Director
• Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield

• Helen Darling, M.A.
• Practice Leader, Group Benefits & Health Care
• Watson Wyatt & Company

• Richard D. Dent, M.D.
• Blue Cross & Blue Shield of the Rochester Area
• Senior Vice President, Managed Care

• David M. Eddy, M.D., Ph.D.
• Kaiser Permanente
• Southern California Region
• Scientific Advisor for Health Policy and Management

• Alan M. Garber, M.D., Ph.D.
• Stanford Medical School
• Associate Professor of Medicine

• Kathleen Goonan, M.D.
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts
• Vice President, Health Affairs

• Michael A. W. Hattwick, M.D.
• Woodburn Internal Medicine Associates, Ltd.

• I. Craig Henderson, M.D.
• University of California, San Francisco
• Professor of Medicine, Chief of Oncology

• Albert R. Jonsen, Ph.D.
• University of Washington
• Department of Medical History and Ethics

• Peter A. Margolis, M.D., Ph.D.
• University of North Carolina
• Department of Pediatrics, Assistant Professor
• Department of Epidemiology, Clinical Professor

• Barbara J. McNeil, M.D., Ph.D.
• Harvard Medical School
• Department of Health Care Policy
• Head of Health Care Policy

• Richard G. Roberts, M.D., J.D.
• University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
• Department of Family Medicine

• Earl P. Steinberg, M.D., M.P.P.
• Covance Health Economics & Outcomes Services, Inc.

• Clifford Waldman, M.D.
• Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield
• Medical Director

• Paul J. Wallace, M.D.
• Kaiser Permanente Northwest

• Les Zendle, M.D.
• Kaiser Permanente Southern California
• Associate Medical Director