Prostate cancer in Asia: design of a patient registry to inform real-world treatments, outcomes, and quality of life.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The incidence of prostate cancer (PC) in Asian countries is increasing for reasons that are not clear. Data describing how PC is diagnosed and treated are fragmented across Asia, with marked intercountry and intracountry differences in outcome and knowledge gaps in clinical diagnostic and treatment practices. To address these knowledge gaps, we have established a PC disease registry with the aim of providing a comprehensive picture of PC diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and outcome, population characteristics, and comorbidities in real-world clinical practice in Asia.

Methods

This is a multinational, multicenter, longitudinal, and observational registry of PC patients presenting to participating tertiary-care hospitals in eight Asian countries (www.clinicaltrials.g

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6713796 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature