Survival Comparison Between Endoscopic and Surgical Management for Patients With Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer: A Matched Propensity Score Analysis Using Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results-Medicare Data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine survival differences among patients receiving endoscopic vs surgical management for upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC).

Materials and methods

Using Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results-Medicare data, patients diagnosed with nonmuscle-invasive, low-grade UTUC as their first cancer diagnosis between 2004 and 2009 were identified. Receipts of endoscopic and surgical interventions were assessed, and patients were separated into surgical or endoscopic management cohorts. Two-to-one propensity score analysis was performed to control for baseline characteristics between groups.

Results

The endoscopic management (n = 151) and matched surgical management (n = 302) groups demonstrated no significant differences in age, gender, race, marital sta

SUBMITTER: Vemana G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5115634 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature