Treatment Facility Volume and Survival in Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite improvements in medical management of advanced prostate cancer (aPC), it continues to be a leading cause of cancer death in men. Contemporary management of men with aPC is complex and requires resources to be more readily available at high-volume facilities.

Objective

To determine the relationship between facility volume and survival in men with aPC.

Design, setting, and participants

The National Cancer Database (NCDB) was queried from 2004 to 2013 for aPC, defined as T4, N+, or M+ disease, identifying 64815 patients. Six predefined patient cohorts were evaluated. Cohort "A" included all patients with aPC. "B" cohorts included only M0 patients. "C" cohorts included only M1 patients. Facilities were divided into quartiles based on median treatment vo

SUBMITTER: Joshi SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7649050 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature