Contemporary patterns of local ablative therapies for prostate cancer at United States cancer centers: results from a national registry.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe the national-level patterns of care for local ablative therapy among men with PCa and identify patient- and hospital-level factors associated with the receipt of these techniques.

Methods

We retrospectively interrogated the National Cancer Database (NCDB) for men with clinically localized PCa between 2010 and 2017. The main outcome was receipt of local tumor ablation with either cryo- or laser-ablation, and "other method of local tumor destruction including high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)". Patient level, hospital level, and demographic variables were collected. Mixed effect logistic regression models were fitted to identify separately patient- and hospital-level predictors of receipt of local ablative therapy.

Results

Overall, 11,278 pati

SUBMITTER: Koelker M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10506077 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature