Influence of the facility caseload on the subsequent survival of men with localized prostate cancer undergoing radical prostatectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several studies have investigated the relationship between experience measured by caseload and oncological outcomes, economics, and access to care for prostate cancer care. Oncological outcomes have been limited to biochemical failure after radical prostatectomy. Questions remain regarding the more definitive measures of outcomes and their relationship with caseload.

Methods

The National Cancer Database was used to investigate the outcomes of radical prostatectomy in the United States. With overall survival (OS) as the primary outcome, the relationship between the facility annual caseload (FAC) for all prostate cancer encounters and the facility annual surgical caseload (FASC) for those requiring radical prostatectomy was examined with a Cox proportional hazards m

SUBMITTER: Barzi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6941667 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature