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Treatment Facility Volume and Survival in Patients with Prostate Cancer

Publish date:: August 9, 2019

Key clinical point: As facility volume increased, patient survival improved indicating a possible imbalance of resources and expertise that favors higher-volume facilities.

Major finding: Overall survival improved as facility volume increased and was consistent across patient cohorts.

Study details: The National Cancer Database was queried from 2004 -2013 for advanced prostate cancer, defined as T4, N+, or M+ disease, identifying 64,815 patients, and 6 predefined patient cohorts were evaluated.

Citation:

Joshi SS, et al. Eur Urol Oncol. 2019 Jul 17. doi: 10.1016/j.euo.2019.06.016.

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