Lauren Howard

Lauren collaborates with different investigators in the Duke Cancer Institute on retrospective studies and clinical trials. She has experience with data management, data analysis, and preparation and editing of manuscripts. Some of her past projects have involved time-varying covariates, competing risks, and repeated measures. She is interested in methods for handling bias and confounding in observational research.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Biostatistician, Senior Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Basic Science Departments

Recent Publications

Updated 5-year results for short course abiraterone acetate and LHRH agonist for unfavorable intermediate and favorable high-risk prostate cancer.

Journal Article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · June 2025 Combined androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and radiotherapy (RT) improves outcomes for intermediate and high-risk prostate cancer. Treatment intensification with abiraterone acetate/prednisone (AAP) provides additional benefit for high-risk disease. We pr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mitochondrial DNA copy number assessment is a potent predictor for prostate cancer in White but not Black Individuals.

Journal Article Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) · May 2025 Black individuals are disproportionately burdened by prostate cancer compared to White individuals. The mitochondrion is an untapped source for prostate cancer (PCa) biomarkers, and previous work has shown altered mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number is l ... Full text Cite

Intensifying Salvage Therapy in Prostate-specific Antigen Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostatectomy with Apalutamide, Salvage Radiation, and Docetaxel: The Phase 2 STARTAR Trial.

Journal Article Eur Urol Oncol · April 2025 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with salvage radiation therapy (RT) improves survival for patients with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) recurrence after radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer (PC), but many patients suf ... Full text Link to item Cite

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