Treatment patterns among patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma: An Italian, population-based nationwide study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare cancer with a poor prognosis. Centralization of rare cancer in dedicated centers is recommended to ensure expertise, multidisciplinarity and access to innovation. In Italy, expert centers for MPM have not been identified in all regions. We aimed to describe the treatment patterns among MPM patients across different Italian regions and to identify factors associated with the treatment patterns across the regions.

Methods

We performed an observational study on a random sample of 2026 MPM patients diagnosed in 2003-2008. We included 26 population-based registries covering 70% of the Italian population. To identify factors associated with treatment patterns, across the different regions, we fitted a multinomial logistic r

SUBMITTER: Trama A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7262944 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature