Patterns of Treatment and Outcomes in Older Men With Penile Cancer: A SEER Dataset Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate clinicopathologic and treatment characteristics from a population-based cohort of penile cancer, with an emphasis in older adults, due to incomplete evidence to guide therapy in this age subgroup.

Materials and methods

Patients with malignant penile tumors diagnosed 2004-2016 were identified in the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program (SEER)-18 dataset. Demographic and treatment characteristics were obtained. Population was analyzed by age at diagnosis (<65 vs ≥65 years). We examined univariate associations between age groups with Chi-square analysis. To study survival, we calculated Kaplan-Meier survival curves, but due to the high number of competing events, we also performed a univariate competing risk analysis using the cumulative incide

SUBMITTER: Bourlon MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277543 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature