Utilization Trends and Volume-Outcomes Relationship of Endoscopic Resection for Early Stage Esophageal Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We describe utilization trends and center volume-outcomes relationship of endoscopic resection of early stage esophageal cancer using a large hospital-based registry.

Summary background data

Endoscopic resection is increasingly accepted as the preferred treatment for early stage esophageal cancer, however its utilization and the center volume-outcomes relationship in the United States is unknown.

Methods

The National Cancer Database was used to identify patients with cT1N0M0 esophageal cancer treated with endoscopic resection or esophagectomy between 2004 and 2015. Relative frequencies were plotted over time. Restricted cubic splines and maximally selected rank statistics were used to identify an inflection point of center volume and survival.

Results

SUBMITTER: Jawitz NG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8966412 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature