Multidisciplinary clinic approach improves overall survival outcomes of patients with metastatic germ-cell tumors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To report our experience utilizing a multidisciplinary clinic (MDC) at Indiana University (IU) since the publication of the International Germ Cell Cancer Collaborative Group (IGCCCG), and to compare our overall survival (OS) to that of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program.

Patients and methods

We conducted a retrospective analysis of all patients with metastatic germ-cell tumor (GCT) seen at IU from 1998 to 2014. A total of 1611 consecutive patients were identified, of whom 704 patients received an initial evaluation by our MDC (including medical oncology, pathology, urology and thoracic surgery) and started first-line chemotherapy at IU. These 704 patients were eligible for analysis. All patients in this

SUBMITTER: Albany C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6248648 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature