St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Pandora Rudd , John Hines , Eleanor Watkins , Thomas Powles , Karen Tipples
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 | ||
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Disease at presentation (n; %) | Low | 167 (17) | 175 (18) | 0.68 |
Intermediate | 442 (44) | 349 (35) | <0.0001 | |
High | 341 (34) | 390 (39) | 0.03 | |
Nodal | 18 (2) | 44 (4) | 0.001 | |
Metastatic | 32 (3) | 42 (4) | 0.29 | |
Treatment | Radiotherapy | 360 (36) | 298 (30) | 0.004 |
Active Surveillance | 281 (28) | 295 (29) | 0.52 | |
Surgery | 259 (26) | 260 (26) | 0.99 | |
Other | 100 (10) | 147 (15) | <0.0001 |
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