Abstract | BACKGROUND: In 1999 and 2000, 2 national guidelines recommended brachytherapy monotherapy (BT) primarily for treatment of low-risk prostate cancer but not high-risk prostate cancer. This study examined rates of BT use before and after publication of these guidelines, as compared with 4 other treatment options. METHODS: From 1990 to 2011, 8128 men with localized prostate cancer (≤ T3cN0M0) were treated definitively within the Cancer of the Prostate Strategic Urologic Research Endeavor (CaPSURE) registry with 1 of 5 primary treatments: BT, external beam radiotherapy (EBRT), EBRT with androgen deprivation therapy, EBRT+BT, or radical prostatectomy. Men were categorized into low-, intermediate-, and high-risk groups based on the guidelines' risk-group definitions. Within each risk group, logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (OR) comparing BT with other treatment options between the 1990-1998 and 1999-2011 periods, adjusting for age, disease characteristics, and clinic type. RESULTS: In total, 1117 men received BT alone for low- (n = 658), intermediate- (n = 244), or high-risk disease (n = 215). BT comprised 6.1% of all treatments in 1990-1998 versus 16.6% in 1999-2011 (P < .01). The odds of BT use remained increased after adjusting for potential confounders (OR = 3.06; P < .001) and was seen among low- (OR = 4.52; P < .001), intermediate- (OR = 2.67; P < .001), and even high-risk groups (OR = 2.11; P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: National guidelines did not appear to influence practice patterns, as BT monotherapy use increased relative to other treatments from the 1990-1998 to 1999-2011 periods in unfavorable risk groups including men with high-risk prostate cancer.
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Authors | Yolanda D Tseng, Alan T Paciorek, Neil E Martin, Anthony V D'Amico, Matthew R Cooperberg, Paul L Nguyen |
Journal | Cancer
(Cancer)
Vol. 120
Issue 6
Pg. 824-32
(Mar 15 2014)
ISSN: 1097-0142 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 24301555
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | © 2013 American Cancer Society. |
Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Androgen Antagonists
(therapeutic use)
- Brachytherapy
(standards)
- Cohort Studies
- Disease-Free Survival
- Health Policy
- Humans
- Male
- Practice Guidelines as Topic
- Practice Patterns, Physicians'
- Prostatectomy
- Prostatic Neoplasms
(radiotherapy, surgery)
- Proton Therapy
- Survival
- Survival Rate
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