Rural residency and prostate cancer specific mortality: Results from the Victorian Radical Prostatectomy Register

N Papa; N Lawrentschuk; D Muller; R Macinnis; A Ta; G Severi; J Millar; R Syme; G Giles; D Bolton

Journal article

Rural residency and prostate cancer specific mortality: Results from the Victorian Radical Prostatectomy Register

N Papa, N Lawrentschuk, D Muller, R Macinnis, A Ta, G Severi, J Millar, R Syme, G Giles, D Bolton

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12210

Abstract

Methods: Men who underwent open radical prostatectomy (RP) in Victoria from 1995 to 2000 were recorded in a population register co-ordinated by the Victorian Cancer Registry and Cancer Council Victoria. Baseline clinical, pathological and demographic information such as location were recorded and linked to mortality and recurrence data. Men who had neoadjuvant therapy or missing data for socioeconomic status (SES), tumour grade and stage were excluded leaving 1984 patients in the analyses (92.1% of total register).Objective: To present long-term survival data from the Victorian Radical Prostatectomy Register (VRPR), 1995-2000, and analyse the effect of rural residence on survival.Results: Fo..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Nathan Lawrentschuk Author

Robert MacInnis Author

Graham Giles Author

Damien Bolton Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

We thank the participating urologists for their valuable contribution to the VRPR. Initial funding for this project was obtained from a grant in aid from Esso Australia. Ongoing support and infrastructure has been provided by The Cancer Council of Victoria and by The Whitten Foundation.