Patterns of Care for Medicare Beneficiaries With Metastatic Prostate Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Therapeutic options for men with metastatic prostate cancer have increased in the past decade. We studied recent treatment patterns for men with metastatic prostate cancer and how treatment patterns have changed over time.

Methods

Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results‒Medicare database, we identified fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries who either were diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer or developed metastases following diagnosis, as indicated by the presence of claims with diagnoses codes for metastatic disease, between 2007 and 2017. We evaluated treatment patterns using claims.

Results

We identified 29,800 men with metastatic disease, of whom 4721 (18.8%) had metastatic disease at their initial diagnosis. The mean age was 77 ye

SUBMITTER: Filson CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11135654 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature