Journal article
Age at diagnosis and the surgical management of small renal carcinomas: findings from a cross-sectional population-based study
VM White, DJT Marco, D Bolton, N Papa, RE Neale, M Coory, ID Davis, S Wood, GG Giles, SJ Jordan
BJU International | WILEY | Published : 2018
DOI: 10.1111/bju.14585
Abstract
Objectives: To describe the use of partial nephrectomy (PN) for patients with stage T1a renal cell carcinoma (RCC) by age group (<65 and ≥65 years) in two Australian states. Materials and Methods: All adults diagnosed with RCC in 2012 and 2013 were identified through population-based cancer registries in the Australian states of Queensland and Victoria. For each patient, research assistants extracted patient, tumour and treatment data from medical records. Percentages of patients treated by PN were determined for the two age groups. Multivariable logistic regression analyses examined factors associated with PN. Clinicians treating RCC were sent surveys to assess attitudes towards PN. Results..
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Awarded by Victorian Cancer Agency
Funding Acknowledgements
We acknowledge the work of Leah Laurenson and Chris Hill for managing and coordinating data collection, in Victoria and Queensland, respectively. We would like to acknowledge the assistance of the hospitals and health services in both states that facilitated data access. I. D. Davis, R. Neale and S. J. Jordan are supported by Fellowships from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (in order: APP1102604, APP1043029 and APP1061341). The IMPROVE Investigators are: Graham Giles, VictoriaWhite, Michael Coory, Jeremy Millar, Damien Bolton, Ian Davis, IngridWinship, Ian Roos, Melissa Southey, Gianlucca Severi, Miles Prince, Simon Harrison, John Seymour, Michael Jefford, David Hill, and Anne Kay. Funding for this work was through a translational research grant from the Victorian Cancer Agency (EOI09_E36) and a project grant from the Cancer Council Queensland (APP1046732).