Assessment of 2,000 patients presenting to a multidisciplinary prostate cancer clinic in the United Kingdom.

Authors

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Pandora Rudd

St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Pandora Rudd , John Hines , Eleanor Watkins , Thomas Powles , Karen Tipples

Organizations

St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Research Funding

Other

Background: Multidisciplinary clinics (MDCs) involving both oncologists and urologists are recommended for managing radical prostate cancer patients. The effectiveness of MDCs in arriving at best treatment decisions is unknown. We analysed patient characteristics and management decisions over 8 years in a MDC at Bart’s Hospital, London. Methods: Clinical data were collected in real time and analysed retrospectively, including demographics, tumour stage and grade, D’amico risk group, treatment choice and first clinician seen. We compared variables in 1000 consecutive patients presenting between 2011-2015 (cohort A) to 1000 patients presenting 2016-18 (cohort B) to investigate trends over time. Results: 2000 patients were included, age 65.2 ± 8.6 years and 65.9 ± 9.1 years (p=0.08), with presenting PSA 9.0 (6.3-14.4) and 9.2 (6.4-15.0) ng/ml (p=0.36), in cohort A and B respectively. Disease severity and initial treatment decision are shown in the table. In low risk disease, 126 (75%) patients had active surveillance in cohort A, and 158 (90%) in cohort B (p=0.0003). In high risk disease, 202 (59%) patients had radiotherapy compared to 194 (50%) in cohort B (p=0.011). In cohort B, 127 (39%) patients seeing oncology first had radiotherapy compared to 143 (25%) patients who saw urology first (p<0.0001). 76 (23%) and 154 (27%) patients had surgery, that saw oncology and urology first, respectively (p=0.11). Conclusions: In 2000 patients presenting to a prostate MDC over 8 years, active surveillance in low risk disease increased, radiotherapy in high risk disease reduced, and the proportion undergoing surgery was unchanged. The initial clinician seen influenced treatment choice; having both specialists in the same consultation may improve consistency of treatment decisions. Disease severity and treatment choice before and after 2016.

Cohort A (2011-2015)
N=1000
Cohort B (2016-2018)
N=1000
p-value
Disease at presentation
(n; %)
Low167 (17)175 (18)0.68
Intermediate442 (44)349 (35)<0.0001
High341 (34)390 (39)0.03
Nodal18 (2)44 (4)0.001
Metastatic32 (3)42 (4)0.29
TreatmentRadiotherapy360 (36)298 (30)0.004
Active Surveillance281 (28)295 (29)0.52
Surgery259 (26)260 (26)0.99
Other100 (10)147 (15)<0.0001

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Genitourinary (Prostate) Cancer

Track

Genitourinary Cancer—Prostate, Testicular, and Penile

Sub Track

Prostate Cancer–Local-Regional Disease

Citation

J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl; abstr 5077)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2019.37.15_suppl.5077

Abstract #

5077

Poster Bd #

189

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