WillieUnderwoodIIIMD, MSc., MPH, FACS

PubMed

• 32 citations
  Racial/ethnic differences in the relative risk of receipt of specific treatment among men with prostate cancer.
  Kelvin A. Moses, Heather Orom, Alicia Brasel, Jacquelyne Gaddy, Willie Underwood
  Urologic Oncology. 2016-09-01
• 139 citations
  Racial/ethnic disparities in the treatment of localized/regional prostate cancer.
  Willie Underwood, Sonya DeMonner, Peter A. Ubel, Angela Fagerlin, Martin G. Sanda
  The Journal of Urology. 2004-04-01
• 41 citations
  Racial/ethnic differences in receipt of pelvic lymph node dissection among men with localized/regional prostate cancer.
  Matthew H. Hayn, Heather Orom, Vickie L. Shavers, Martin G. Sanda, Mark Glasgow
  Cancer. 2011-10-15

Journal Articles

• Worse urinary, sexual, and bowel function cause emotional distress and vice versa in men treated for prostate cancer  
  Orom H, Biddle C, Underwood W III, Nelson CJ, The Journal of Urology, 1/1/2018
• Racial or Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Prostate Cancer Survivors’ Prostate-specific Quality of Life  
  Orom H, Biddle C, Underwood W III, Homish GG, Olsson CA, Urology, 1/24/2017
• Author Reply  
  Moses KA, Underwood W III, Urology, 1/1/2017
• Spirituality is associated with less treatment regret in men with localized prostate cancer  
  MA Mollica, W Underwood III, GG Homish, DL Homish, H Orom, Psycho-oncology, 1/17/2016
• Emotional distress increases the likelihood of receiving surgery among men with localized prostate cancer  
  H Orom, W Underwood III, C. Biddle, J Urol, 1/1/2016
• New Serum Biomarkers for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis  
  K.C. Chadha, B. Nair, A. Miller, S.A. Schwartz, D.L. Trump, W. Underwood, III, Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal, 1/27/2014
• American Cancer Society prostate cancer survivorship care guidelines  
  T.A. Skolarus, A.M. Wolf, NL Erb, D.D. Brooks, B.M. Rivers, W. Underwood III, A.L. Salner, M.J. Zelefsky, J.B. Aragon-Ching, S.F. Slovin, D.A. Wittmann, M.A. Hoyt, V.J..., CA Cancer J Clin, 1/1/2014
• Quality of physician-patient relationships is associated with the influence of physician treatment recommendations among prostate cancer patients who chose active surv...  
  H. Orom, D.L. Homish, G.G. Homish, W. Underwood, III, Urologic Oncology, 1/1/2014
• Perceived risk for breast cancer and its relationship to mammography in Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites  
  H. Orom, M.T. Kiviniemi, V.L. Shavers, L. Ross, W. Underwood, III, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 1/1/2013
• Life-threatening disparities: The treatment of Black and White Cancer Patients  
  L.A. Penner, S.Eggly, J.J. Griggs, W. Underwood, III, H. Orom, T.L. Albrecht, Journal of Social Issues, 1/1/2012
• A Physician’s Perspective on Health Care Discrimination  
  W. Underwood, III, American Journal of Public Health, 1/1/2012
• Patterns of Information Behavior and Prostate Cancer Knowledge among African-American Men  
  L. Ross, T. Darak, H. Orom, W. Underwood, III, C. Anderson-Lewis, J. Johnson, D.O. Erwin, Journal of Cancer Education, 1/1/2011
• Breast Cancer Racial Disparities: Unanswered Questions  
  F.O. Ademuyiwa, S.B. Edge, D.O. Erwin, H. Orom, C.B. Ambrosone, W. Underwood, III, Cancer Research, 1/1/2011
• Multiple physician recommendations for prostate cancer treatment: A Pandora’s box for patients?  
  W. Underwood, III, H. Orom, B.T. West, P.M. Lantz, S.S. Chang, J.H. Fowke, Canadian Journal of Urology, 1/1/2010
• Prospective Clinical Trial of Preoperative Sunitinib in Patients With Renal Cell Carcinoma  
  N.J. Hellenthal, W. Underwood, III, R. Penetrante, A. Litwin, S. Zhang, G.E. Wilding, B.T. Teh, H.L. Kim, The Journal of Urology, 1/1/2010
• Perceived Cancer Risk: Why Is It Lower Among Non-Whites than Whites?  
  H. Orom, M.T. Kiviniemi , W. Underwood, III, L. Ross and V.L. Shavers, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 1/1/2010
• Race/Ethnicity And The Perception of The Risk of Developing Prostate Cancer  
  V. Shavers, W. Underwood, III and R. Moser, The American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 1/1/2009
• Interplay of Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Treatment on Survival of Prostate Cancer  
  K. Schwartz, I.J. Powell, W. Underwood, III, J. George, C. and Y.M. Banerjee, Urology, 1/1/2009
• Personality predicts prostate cancer treatment decision-making difficulty and satisfaction  
  H. Orom, L.A. Penner, B. West, T. Downs, W. Rayford, W. Underwood, III, Psycho-Oncology, 1/1/2009
• Rapid Wound Closure with Consistently Buried Knots: A New Technique  
  W. Underwood, III, L Brown, Contemporary Surgery, 1/1/1996
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Books/Book Chapters

• Prostate Cancer: Science and Clinical Practice 
  Chapter: Race, Ethnicity, Marital Status, Literacy, and Prostate Cancer Outcomes in the United States 
  Page 133 - 139K.A. Moses, V.A. Master, W. Underwood, IIIEditors: Jack H. Mydlo & Ciril J. Godec.Elsevier, Academic PressEdition 2nd,2016
• Psychology and Geriatrics: Integrated Care for an Aging Population 
  Chapter: Culture of Medicine 
  Page 93 - 106W. Underwood, IIIEditors: B. Bensadon.Academic Press2015
• Handbook of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination 
  Chapter: Health and Health Care Disparities 
  L.A. Penner, T.L. Albrecht, H. Orom, D. Coleman, & W. Underwood, IIIEditors: Dovidio, J.F., Hewstone, M., Glick, P., & Esses, V.M..Sage, London, England2010

Abstracts/Posters

• Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Receipt of Definitive Treatment for Prostate Cancer: Does Cancer Severity Matter
  K. Moses, H. Orom, A. Brasel, J. Gaddy, W. Underwood III, American Public Health Association, Denver, CO, 1/1/2016
• Perceived risk for cancer progression depends on treatment received among men with prostate cancer
  H. Orom, C. Biddle, W. Underwood III, D.L. Homish, American Public Health Association, Denver, CO, 1/1/2016
• KAPS a Biomarker to Detect Prostate Cancer
  K. Chadha, W. Underwood, III, 1st Global Summit on Precision Diagnosis for Prostate Cancer, Boston, MA, 1/1/2016
• Impact of Abiraterone Acetate in Prostate Specific Antigen Trial Update: Effect of Abiraterone Acetate and Low Dose Prednisone on Prostate-Specific Antigen and Radiogr...
  C. Ryan, E.D. Crawford, N.D. Shore, W. Underwood III, A Londhe, S. Black, T McGowan, P.W. Kantoff, J Urology, 1/1/2016
• Effect of Abiraterone Acetate and Low Dose Prednisone of Prostate-Specific Antigen in Patients with Non-Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: The Results fr...
  C.J. Ryan E.D. Crawford, N.D. Shore, W. Underwood, III, J. Wang, J.R. DePalantino, A Londhe, P.W. Kantoff, Z Yang, S. Black, T. McGowan, P.W Kantoff, J Urology, 1/1/2015
• Unsuspected Metastases Found During Screening For a Trial of Patients with Non-Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer
  .D. Crawford, J.R. DePalantino, P.W. Kantoff, N. Shore, W. Underwood, III, V. Reddy, J. Wang, S Mundle, Z Yang, T McGowan, C.J. Ryan, J Urology, 1/1/2015
• Racial Differences in the Receipt of Definitive Treatment for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer
  W. Underwood, III, BIT’s 6th World Cancer Congress, Xi’an, China, 1/1/2013
• CBPR to Develop a One-Stop Shop for Prostate Cancer Education and Screening
  L. Ross, J. Johnson, W. Underwood, III & T. Alford, Journal of Cancer Education, 1/1/2012
• Racial Differences in Cancer Risk Perception
  W. Underwood, III, BIT’s 5th World Cancer Congress, Beijing, China, 1/1/2012
• Air Spreads Cancer: So Don’t Cut Me Open
  W. Underwood III, M. Poch, H. Orom, J Urology, 1/1/2012
• Predicting Malignancy and Aggressive Histology in Patients with Small Renal Masses: A Novel Externally Validated Nimogram
  R.L. O'Malley, T. Ito, K. Attwood, W. Underwood, III, M.H. Hayn, K.A. Brewer, H.L. Kim, et al, J Urology, 1/1/2012
• Live Better: The Effect of Lifestyle Behaviors on Post-Prostatectomy Health Related Quality of Life Outcomes
  MA Poch, DC Mehedint, RL O'Malley, W. Underwood, III, C-C Hong, L Ross, KA Guru, et al, J Urology, 1/1/2012
• Treatment Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Predicts Better Quality of Life in Prostate Cancer Patients Managed with Active Surveillance
  H. Orom, W. Underwood, III, D.L. Homish, G.G. Homish, A. Brasel, C.J. Nelson, Psycho-Oncology, 1/1/2012
• Woman Are More Likely Than Men to Undergo Radical Excision of a Small Renal Mass Despite Inferior Preoperative Renal Function
  R.L. O’Malley, K.A. Brewer, M.H. Hayn, H.L. Kim, D.C. Mehedint, R Narayanan, M.W. Safwat, W. Underwood, III, W.C. Huang, T. Schwaab, J Urology, 1/1/2012
• Low Awareness that Cigarette Smoking is a Risk Factor for Bladder Cancer
  H. Orom, A. Scates-Preisinger, J.D. Gaeddert, W. Underwood, III, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 1/1/2011
• 436 Utilization “Utilization Trends in Prostate Cancer Therapy
  D. Kapoor, S. Zimberg, L. Ohrin, W. Underwood, III, C. Olsson, J Urology, 1/1/2011
• Racial/Ethnic Minorities Perceive themselves at Lower Risk for Breast and Colon Cancer than Whites
  H. Orom, M.T. Kiviniemi, W. Underwood, III, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 1/1/2010
• Racial/ethnic Disparities in the Utilization of Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in the Treatment of Localized/regional Prostate Cancer
  M. Hayn, M. Glasgow, H. Orom, W. Underwood, III, J Urology, 1/1/2010
• Application of R.E.N.A.L. Nephrometry Score to laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy
  M. Hayn, T. Schwaab, W. Underwood, III & H.L. Kim, J Urology, 1/1/2010
• Prospective Clinical Trial of Preoperative Sunitinib in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma
  N.J. Hellenthal, W. Underwood, III, R. Penetrante, A. Litwin, S. Zhang, G.E. Wilding, B.T. Teh, H.L. Kim, J Urology, 1/1/2010
• The Role Physician Recommendations and Treatment Side Effects in Prostate Cancer Treatment Decision-Making
  W. Underwood, III, H. Orom, B. West, H.M. Gonzalez, & Penner, L., The Gerontologist, 1/1/2008
• The Role of Physician Recommendation in Prostate Cancer Treatment Decisions
  W. Underwood, III, H. Orom, B. West, S. Soloman, and LA. Penner, J Urology, 1/1/2007
• Chemotherapy Treatment and Cognitive Decline: Findings from the Health and Retirement Study (1998-2004)
  M.E. Bowen, H. Orom, W. Underwood, III. & H.M. Gonzalez, The Gerontologist, 1/1/2007
• Race-Regional Disparities In Bladder Cancer Mortality
  W. Underwood, III, R. Dunn, C. Williams, and C. Lee, The Gerontologist, 1/1/2006
• Racial Variations in the Use of Specific Prostate Cancer Treatment Modalities
  W. Underwood, III, L.A. Copeland, M.A. Elshaikh, L.A. Penner, and J.S. Jackson, The Gerontologist, 1/1/2005
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Lectures

• Impact of Bias on Patient Outcomes 
  Buffalo, NY - 1/1/2018
• The Road to Early Detection: Engaging, Educating, and Treating African American Men for Prostate Cancer 
  Hershey, PA - 1/23/2017
• Prostate Disease and Erectile Dysfunction 
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - 1/1/2017
• Non-Clinical Factors that Influence Prostate Treatment Decision Making 
  Bunts-Hackler Conference, VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA - 1/1/2017
• Racial/Ethnic Disparity in Treatment for Prostate Cancer: Does Cancer Severity Matter 
  Denver, CO - 1/1/2016
• Ethnic & Racial Disparities in Prostate Cancer 
  1/1/2016
• Prostate Cancer Treatment Decision-Making: Quality vs Quantity of Life 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2016
• Patient Centered Approach to Prostate Cancer 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2016
• Unsuspected Metastases Found During Screening for a Trial of Patients with Non-Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2015
• Effect of Abiraterone Acetate and Low Dose Prednisone on PSA in Patients with Non-Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: The Results from AMAAGEN Study 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2015
• New Prostate Cancer Biomarkers 
  National Institute of Health, Washington, DC - 1/31/2014
• PSA Controversy- What Does Race Have to Do With It? 
  1/17/2014
• Emotional distress predicts choosing surgery over active surveillance in clinically localized prostate cancer patients 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/15/2014
• Racial Differences in the Receipt of Definitive Treatment for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer 
  Xi’an, China - 1/23/2013
• The Nitty Gritty of Racial Disparities in Prostate Cancer 
  New York, NY - 1/14/2013
• Prostate Cancer Disparities: Why Should I Care? 
  Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC - 1/4/2013
• Helps Move Focus from ‘Sick’ Care to ‘Health’ Care 
  1/28/2012
• Air Spreads Cancer: So Don’t Cut Me Open 
  Atlanta, GA - 1/18/2012
• Racial Differences in Cancer Risk Perception 
  Beijing, China - 1/16/2012
• Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Prostate Cancer Treatment Among Those Who Are Too Young Not To Treat 
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2011
• The Greatness Within 
  Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY - 1/18/2009
• General & Epidemiological Trends & Socioeconomics: Outcomes, Practice Patterns, Quality of Life and Cost Effectiveness (II) 
  Orlando, FL - 1/18/2008
• Why Should We Participate in the Politics of Medicine? 
  Novi, MI - 1/16/2008
• Race, Health and Healthcare 
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - 1/10/2008
• PSA Testing Who, Why, and When: It is Controversial, So What? 
  Southfield, MI - 1/25/2007
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Other

• A Message From The President. “We The People” 
  W. Underwood, III, The Medical Society Bulletin Counties of Erie and Chautauqua
  1/1/2017
• Don’t Piss on Me and Tell Me It’s Raining 
  W. Underwood, III, The Medical Society Bulletin Counties of Erie and Chautauqua
  1/1/2017
• A Message From The President. “Now Is Time” 
  W. Underwood, III, The Medical Society Bulletin Counties of Erie and Chautauqua
  1/1/2017
• If You Are Not at the Table, You Are on the Menu 
  W. Underwood, III, The Medical Society Bulletin Counties of Erie and Chautauqua
  1/1/2016
• Health Care Disparities, specifically Prostate Cancer 
  W. Underwood, III, Blog talk Radio
  1/17/2015
• Wealth Inequality 
  W. Underwood, III, Jim Anderson Show on WUFO Mix 1080 AM Radio
  1/28/2014
• Prostate Cancer, Cruisin’ for a Cure Event 
  W. Underwood, III, Channel 7, AM Buffalo
  1/25/2013
• Know Your Stats 
  W. Underwood, III, AM Buffalo
  1/21/2012
• Tele-Seminar Series: Prostate Cancer and African American Men 
  W. Underwood, III, Black Church News
  1/12/2012
• Roswellness Radio show: Impact of the Affordable Care Act with Dr. W. Underwood 
  W. Underwood, III, WBEN-AM 930
  1/12/2012
• Roswellness Radio show: Prostate Cancer Treatment Options with Dr. Willie Underwood and survivor Paul 
  W. Underwood, III, WBEN-AM 930
  1/9/2011
• Healthcare Policies: “We Must Build Dikes of Coverage to Hold Back the Flood of Tears” 
  W. Underwood, III, AUANEWS
  1/1/2011
• Living With Fear: A Prostate Cancer Special 
  W. Underwood, III, Channel 2- On Your Side
  1/18/2010
• Early Detection of Prostate Cancer, PSA Clinic at RPCI 
  W. Underwood, III, AM Buffalo
  Channel 7 WKBW-TV Studios Buffalo, NY - 1/21/2009
• Prostate Cancer 101: Prostate Cancer Early Detection and Treatment 
  W. Underwood, III, WBEN Radio
  WBEN Radio Station Studio, Amherst, NY - 1/5/2009
• New in the Prostate Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment and Research at Roswell Park Cancer Institute? 
  W. Underwood, III, WBEN Radio
  WBEN Radio Station Studio, Amherst, NY - 1/5/2009
• Cancer in African American Men 
  W. Underwood, III, “Urban CrossTalk” on 1580 AM
  Washington, DC - 1/18/2008
• Prostate Cancer in African American Men, CURE Professional Development Workshop and Cancer health Disparities Summit July 17-18, 2007 
  W. Underwood, III, American Urban Radio, WURD’s Healthquest Live
  1/14/2007
• African American men and prostate cancer 
  W. Underwood, III, The Bev Smith Show (American Urban Radio Networks)
  1/12/2007
• Michigan Cancer Consortium Prostate Cancer Action Committee (MCC PCAC) Making the Choice: What to Do About Early Staged Prostate Cancer 
  
  1/1/2003
• Health Care Should be for Everyone 
  W. Underwood, III, Ann Arbor News
  1/8/2000
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