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Association Of Age On Diagnosis And Treatment Of Locally Advanced And Metastatic Prostate Cancer, Chi Zhang
Association Of Age On Diagnosis And Treatment Of Locally Advanced And Metastatic Prostate Cancer, Chi Zhang
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Background Prostate cancer is an aging-related disease. As the result of the radiation are of STAMPEDE trial came out, major shifts in the use of local therapy (LT) are expected for men newly diagnosed with locally advanced and metastatic disease. This study aims to determine the role of patient age on LT.
Methods We identified 6882 and 37382 locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer diagnosed in 2004-2014 using the National Cancer Database (NCDB). We used logistic multivariable regression to determine the role of age in the receipt of prostate and/or pelvic radiation or radical prostatectomy after adjusting for demographic and …