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Chiong E, Saad M, Hamid ARA, Ong-Cornel AB, Lojanapiwat B, Pripatnanont C, Serrano D, Songco J, Sin LC, Hakim L, Chua MLK, Nguyen NP, Phuong PC, Patnaik RS, Umbas R, Kanesvaran R. Prostate cancer management in Southeast Asian countries: a survey of clinical practice patterns. Ther Adv Med Oncol 2024; 16:17588359231216582. [PMID: 38249332 PMCID: PMC10798109 DOI: 10.1177/17588359231216582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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Background Prostate cancer (PC) has a serious public health impact, and its incidence is rising due to the aging population. There is limited evidence and consensus to guide the management of PC in Southeast Asia (SEA). We present real-world data on clinical practice patterns in SEA for advanced PC care. Method A paper-based survey was used to identify clinical practice patterns and obtain consensus among the panelists. The survey included the demographics of the panelists, the use of clinical guidelines, and clinical practice patterns in the management of advanced PC in SEA. Results Most panelists (81%) voted prostate-specific antigen (PSA) as the most effective test for early PC diagnosis and risk stratification. Nearly 44% of panelists agreed that prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography-computed tomography imaging for PC diagnostic and staging information aids local and systemic therapy decisions. The majority of the panel preferred abiraterone acetate (67%) or docetaxel (44%) as first-line therapy for symptomatic mCRPC patients. Abiraterone acetate (50%) is preferred over docetaxel as a first-line treatment in metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer patients with high-volume disease. However, the panel did not support the use of abiraterone acetate in non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC) patients. Apalutamide (75%) is the preferred treatment option for patients with nmCRPC. The cost and availability of modern treatments and technologies are important factors influencing therapeutic decisions. All panelists supported the use of generic versions of approved therapies. Conclusion The survey results reflect real-world management of advanced PC in a SEA country. These findings could be used to guide local clinical practices and highlight the financial challenges of modern healthcare.
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- Edmund Chiong
- Department of Urology, National University Hospital, Department of Surgery, National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, Singapore
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- Clinical Oncology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Indonesia
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Muang, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of the Philippines College of Medicine – Philippines General Hospital, Manila, Philippines
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- Department of Urology, Cancer Center, Makati Medical Center, Manila, Philippines
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- Department of Urology, Department of Surgery, Gleneagles Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University/Airlangga University Teaching Hospital, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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- The Nuclear Medicine and Oncology Center, Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Oncology, The Brunei Cancer Centre (TBCC), Pantai Jerudong Specialist Centre, Jerudong, Brunei
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Indonesia
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Zhong AY, Lui AJ, Katz MS, Berlin A, Kamran SC, Kishan AU, Murthy V, Nagar H, Seible D, Stish BJ, Tree AC, Seibert TM. Use of focal radiotherapy boost for prostate cancer: radiation oncologists' perspectives and perceived barriers to implementation. Radiat Oncol 2023; 18:188. [PMID: 37950310 PMCID: PMC10638743 DOI: 10.1186/s13014-023-02375-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In a recent phase III randomized control trial, delivering a focal radiotherapy (RT) boost to tumors visible on MRI was shown to improve disease-free survival and regional/distant metastasis-free survival for patients with prostate cancer-without increasing toxicity. The aim of this study was to assess how widely this technique is being applied in current practice, as well as physicians' perceived barriers toward its implementation. METHODS We invited radiation oncologists to complete an online questionnaire assessing their use of intraprostatic focal boost in December 2022 and February 2023. To include perspectives from a broad range of practice settings, the invitation was distributed to radiation oncologists worldwide via email list, group text platform, and social media. RESULTS 263 radiation oncologist participants responded. The highest-represented countries were the United States (42%), Mexico (13%), and the United Kingdom (8%). The majority of participants worked at an academic medical center (52%) and considered their practice to be at least partially genitourinary (GU)-subspecialized (74%). Overall, 43% of participants reported routinely using intraprostatic focal boost. Complete GU-subspecialists were more likely to implement focal boost, with 61% reporting routine use. In both high-income and low-to-middle-income countries, less than half of participants routinely use focal boost. The most cited barriers were concerns about registration accuracy between MRI and CT (37%), concerns about risk of additional toxicity (35%), and challenges to accessing high-quality MRI (29%). CONCLUSIONS Two years following publication of a randomized trial of patient benefit without increased toxicity, almost half of the radiation oncologists surveyed are now routinely offering focal RT boost. Further adoption of this technique might be aided by increased access to high-quality MRI, better registration algorithms of MRI to CT simulation images, physician education on benefit-to-harm ratio, and training on contouring prostate lesions on MRI.
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- Allison Y Zhong
- Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Medicine, Lowell General Hospital, Lowell, MA, USA
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology and Urology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Anchorage and Valley Radiation Therapy Centers, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust/The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Departments of Radiology and Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Dempsey K, Ferguson C, Walczak A, Middleton S, Levi C, Morton RL, Boydell K, Campbell M, Cass A, Duff J, Elliott C, Geelhoed G, Jones A, Keech W, Leone V, Liew D, Linedale E, Mackinolty C, McFayden L, Norris S, Skouteris H, Story D, Tucker R, Wakerman J, Wallis L, Waterhouse T, Wiggers J. Which strategies support the effective use of clinical practice guidelines and clinical quality registry data to inform health service delivery? A systematic review. Syst Rev 2022; 11:237. [PMID: 36352475 PMCID: PMC9644489 DOI: 10.1186/s13643-022-02104-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Empirical evidence suggests data and insights from the clinical practice guidelines and clinical quality registries are not being fully utilised, leaving health service managers, clinicians and providers without clear guidance on how best to improve healthcare delivery. This lack of uptake of existing research knowledge represents low value to the healthcare system and needs to change. METHODS Five electronic databases (MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane Central and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews) were systematically searched. Included studies were published between 2000 and 2020 reporting on the attributes, evidence usage and impact of clinical practice guidelines and clinical quality registries on health service delivery. RESULTS Twenty-six articles including one randomised controlled trial, eight before-and-after studies, eight case studies/reviews, five surveys and four interview studies, covering a wide range of medical conditions and conducted in the USA, Australia and Europe, were identified. Five complementary strategies were derived to maximise the likelihood of best practice health service delivery: (1) feedback and transparency, (2) intervention sustainability, (3) clinical practice guideline adherence, (4) productive partnerships and (5) whole-of-team approach. CONCLUSION These five strategies, used in context-relevant combinations, are most likely to support the application of existing high-quality data, adding value to health service delivery. The review highlighted the limitations of study design in opportunistic registry studies that do not produce clear, usable evidence to guide changes to health service implementation practices. Recommendations include exploration of innovative methodologies, improved coordination of national registries and the use of incentives to encourage guideline adherence and wider dissemination of strategies used by successful registries.
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- Kathy Dempsey
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia.
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- Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE), University of NSW, Kensington, Australia
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- Nursing Research Unit, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia
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- Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE), University of NSW, Kensington, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia
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Nagarajah S, Powis ML, Fazelzad R, Krzyzanowska MK, Kukreti V. Implementation and Impact of Choosing Wisely Recommendations in Oncology. JCO Oncol Pract 2022; 18:703-712. [DOI: 10.1200/op.22.00130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Choosing Wisely (CW) campaign, launched in 2012, includes oncology-specific recommendations to promote evidence-based care and deimplementation of low-value practices. However, it is unclear to what extent the campaign has prompted practice change. We systematically reviewed the literature to evaluate the uptake of cancer-specific CW recommendations focusing on the period before the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic. We used Grimshaw's deimplementation framework to thematically group the findings and extracted information on implementation strategies, barriers, and facilitators from articles reporting on active implementation. In the 98 articles addressing 32 unique recommendations, most reported on passive changes in adherence pre-post publication of CW recommendations. Use of active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer and reduction in staging imaging for early breast cancer were the most commonly evaluated recommendations. Most articles assessing passive changes in adherence pre-post CW publication reported improvement. All articles evaluating active implementation (10 of 98) reported improved compliance (range: 3%-73% improvement). Most common implementation strategies included provider education and/or stakeholder engagement. Preconceived views and reluctance to adopt new practices were common barriers; common facilitators included the use of technology and provider education to increase provider buy-in. Given the limited uptake of oncology-specific CW recommendations thus far, more attention toward supporting active implementation is needed. Effective adoption of CW likely requires a multipronged approach that includes building stakeholder buy-in through engagement and education, using technology-enabled forced functions to facilitate change along with policy and reimbursement models that disincentivize low-value care. Professional societies have a role to play in supporting this next phase of CW.
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- Sonieya Nagarajah
- Cancer Quality Lab (CQuaL), Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Cancer Quality Lab (CQuaL), Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Library and Information Services, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Cancer Quality Lab (CQuaL), Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Cancer Quality Lab (CQuaL), Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Nithiyananthan K, Creighton N, Currow D, Martin JM. Population-Level Uptake of Moderately Hypofractionated Definitive Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021; 111:417-423. [PMID: 33974884 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.04.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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PURPOSE Recent evidence shows the noninferiority of hypofractionated radiation therapy regimens compared with conventional regimens in the treatment of prostate cancer (PCa). Hypofractionation has benefits for both the patient and health care system, because of the shorter treatment duration. Despite this advantage, the uptake of hypofractionation can be slow. Here we investigate the factors influencing the changing use of moderate hypofractionation (HypoRT) for the treatment of PCa. METHODS AND MATERIALS We conducted a population-based, retrospective, consecutive cohort study using the 2014 to 2018 Outpatient Radiation Oncology Data from public and private treatment facilities in New South Wales, Australia. Included participants had a PCa diagnosis of any risk, and they completed curative-intent external beam radiation therapy without treatment to lymph nodes. Factors potentially affecting use of HypoRT were examined using a 3-level hierarchical logistic regression model. The effects were reported using adjusted, median, or interval odds ratios. RESULTS The study included 4915 patients. Of these, 4053 patients (82.5%) received conventional fractionation, and 862 patients (17.5%) received HypoRT. HypoRT utilization increased from 5.2% in 2014 to 40.3% in 2018. The treating radiation oncologist, treatment facility, and increasing distance to treatment centers had the greatest influence on HypoRT uptake. The main limitation was the lack of stratification by PCa risk categorization. CONCLUSIONS Although HypoRT uptake has considerably increased between 2014 and 2018, it remains variable among facilities and treating radiation oncologists. Strategies are being explored to reduce inter-clinician variability.
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- Kajanan Nithiyananthan
- School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia; Department of Radiation Oncology, Calvary Mater Newcastle, Waratah, Australia.
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Godtman RA, Månsson M, Bratt O, Robinsson D, Johansson E, Stattin P, Kjölhede H. Development and validation of a prediction model for identifying men with intermediate- or high-risk prostate cancer for whom bone imaging is unnecessary: a nation-wide population-based study. Scand J Urol 2019; 53:378-384. [PMID: 31805808 DOI: 10.1080/21681805.2019.1697358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Objective: To develop and validate a nomogram that identifies men for whom bone scan is unnecessary.Material and methods: The study datasets were derived from the National Prostate Cancer Register (NPCR) of Sweden. All men in the NPCR ≤80 years of age who were diagnosed with intermediate- or high-risk prostate cancer and who had pretreatment bone imaging (99mTc MDP scintigraphy, plain x-ray, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and/or positron emission tomography fused with computed tomography) were included. Men diagnosed from 2015-2016 formed a development dataset and men diagnosed in 2017 formed a validation dataset. Outcome was metastasis on bone imaging as registered in NPCR. Multivariable logistic regression was used to develop a nomogram.Results: In the development dataset 482/5084 men (10%) had bone metastasis, the corresponding percentage in the validation dataset was 282/2554 (11%). Gleason grade group, clinical T stage, and prostate-specific antigen were included in the final model. Discrimination and calibration were satisfactory in both the development (AUC 0.80, 95% CI 0.78-0.82) and validation dataset (AUC 0.80, 95% CI, 0.77-0.82). Compared with using the EAU guidelines' recommendation for selecting men for imaging, using the nomogram with a cut-off at 4% chance of bone metastasis, would have avoided imaging in 519/2068 men (25%) and miss bone metastasis in 10/519 (2%) men in the validation dataset.Conclusion: By use of our nomogram, bone scans of men with prostate cancer can be avoided in a large proportion of men.
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- Rebecka Arnsrud Godtman
- Department of Urology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Urology, Länssjukhuset Ryhov, Jönköping, Sweden
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
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Ong WL, Koh TL, Lim Joon D, Chao M, Farrugia B, Lau E, Khoo V, Lawrentschuk N, Bolton D, Foroudi F. Prostate-specific membrane antigen-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PSMA-PET/CT)-guided stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy for oligometastatic prostate cancer: a single-institution experience and review of the published literature. BJU Int 2019; 124 Suppl 1:19-30. [DOI: 10.1111/bju.14886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Wee Loon Ong
- Department of Radiation Oncology; Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre; Austin Health; Heidelberg Vic. Australia
- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine; Monash University; Melbourne Vic. Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine; University of Cambridge; Cambridge UK
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- Department of Radiation Oncology; Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre; Austin Health; Heidelberg Vic. Australia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology; Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre; Austin Health; Heidelberg Vic. Australia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology; Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre; Austin Health; Heidelberg Vic. Australia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology; Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre; Austin Health; Heidelberg Vic. Australia
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- Department of Radiology; Austin Health; Heidelberg Vic. Australia
- Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy; Austin Health; Heidelberg Vic. Australia
- Department of Medicine; University of Melbourne; Melbourne Vic. Australia
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- Department of Medicine; University of Melbourne; Melbourne Vic. Australia
- Institute of Cancer Research; Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust; London UK
- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences; Monash University; Clayton Vic. Australia
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- Department of Surgery; Austin Health; Heidelberg Vic. Australia
- EJ Whitten Prostate Cancer Research Centre; Epworth Healthcare; Melbourne Vic. Australia
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- Department of Surgery; Austin Health; Heidelberg Vic. Australia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology; Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre; Austin Health; Heidelberg Vic. Australia
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Scheltema MJ, Chang JI, Stricker PD, van Leeuwen PJ, Nguyen QA, Ho B, Delprado W, Lee J, Thompson JE, Cusick T, Spriensma AS, Siriwardana AR, Yuen C, Kooner R, Hruby G, O'Neill G, Emmett L. Diagnostic accuracy of 68Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron-emission tomography (PET) and multiparametric (mp)MRI to detect intermediate-grade intra-prostatic prostate cancer using whole-mount pathology: impact of the addition of 68Ga-P. BJU Int 2019; 124 Suppl 1:42-49. [DOI: 10.1111/bju.14794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Matthijs J. Scheltema
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research and The Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- Amsterdam UMC; Department of Urology; Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research and The Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research and The Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research and The Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Nederlands Kanker Instituut; Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research and The Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- St Vincent's Hospital Nuclear Medicine and PET Department; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- St Vincent's Hospital Nuclear Medicine and PET Department; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research and The Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research and The Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research and The Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- St Vincent's Clinic; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- St Vincent's Clinic; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- Genesis Cancer Care; St Vincent's Hospital; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research and The Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- St Vincent's Hospital Nuclear Medicine and PET Department; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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Saad M, Alip A, Lim J, Abdullah MM, Chong FLT, Chua CB, Ismail F, Khong RKT, Lim CS, Loh CS, Malek R, Mohd Ghani KA, Md Noor I, Md Yusoff NA, Nasuha NA, Razack A, Soo Hoo HF, Sundram M, Tan HM, Thiagarajan M, Teh GC, Voon PJ, Ong TA. Management of advanced prostate cancer in a middle-income country: real-world consideration of the Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference 2017. BJU Int 2019; 124:373-382. [PMID: 31077523 PMCID: PMC6851975 DOI: 10.1111/bju.14807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the results of the Malaysian Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (MyAPCCC) 2018, held for assessing the generalizability of consensus reached at the Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (APCCC 2017) to Malaysia, a middle-income country. METHODS Six key sections were chosen: (1) high-risk localized and locally advanced prostate cancer, (2) oligometastatic prostate cancer, (3) castration-naïve prostate cancer, (4) castrate resistant prostate cancer, (5) use of osteoclast-targeted therapy and (6) global access to prostate cancer drugs. There were 101 consensus questions, consisting of 91 questions from APCCC 2017 and 10 new questions from MyAPCCC 2018, selected and modified by the steering committee; of which, 23 questions were assessed in both ideal world and real-world settings. A panel of 22 experts, comprising of 11 urologists and 11 oncologists, voted on 101 predefined questions anonymously. Final voting results were compared with the APCCC 2017 outcomes. RESULTS Most voting results from the MyAPCCC 2018 were consistent with the APCCC 2017 outcomes. No consensus was achieved for controversial topics with little level I evidence, such as management of oligometastatic disease. No consensus was reached on using high-cost drugs in castration-naïve or castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer in real-world settings. All panellists recommended using generic drugs when available. CONCLUSIONS The MyAPCCC 2018 voting results reflect the management of advanced prostate cancer in a middle-income country in a real-world setting. These results may serve as a guide for local clinical practices and highlight the financial challenges in modern healthcare.
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- Marniza Saad
- Department of Clinical Oncology, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Sabah Women and Children Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Sultan Ismail Hospital, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
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- Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Urology, Selayang Hospital, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Surgery, Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Penang Hospital, Penang, Malaysia
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- Department of Urology, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Urology, Sarawak General Hospital, Sarawak, Malaysia
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Oncology & Palliative Care, Sarawak General Hospital, Sarawak, Malaysia
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Coquet J, Bozkurt S, Kan KM, Ferrari MK, Blayney DW, Brooks JD, Hernandez-Boussard T. Comparison of orthogonal NLP methods for clinical phenotyping and assessment of bone scan utilization among prostate cancer patients. J Biomed Inform 2019; 94:103184. [PMID: 31014980 PMCID: PMC6584041 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2019.103184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Revised: 04/15/2019] [Accepted: 04/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Clinical care guidelines recommend that newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients at high risk for metastatic spread receive a bone scan prior to treatment and that low risk patients not receive it. The objective was to develop an automated pipeline to interrogate heterogeneous data to evaluate the use of bone scans using a two different Natural Language Processing (NLP) approaches. MATERIALS AND METHODS Our cohort was divided into risk groups based on Electronic Health Records (EHR). Information on bone scan utilization was identified in both structured data and free text from clinical notes. Our pipeline annotated sentences with a combination of a rule-based method using the ConText algorithm (a generalization of NegEx) and a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) method using word2vec to produce word embeddings. RESULTS A total of 5500 patients and 369,764 notes were included in the study. A total of 39% of patients were high-risk and 73% of these received a bone scan; of the 18% low risk patients, 10% received one. The accuracy of CNN model outperformed the rule-based model one (F-measure = 0.918 and 0.897 respectively). We demonstrate a combination of both models could maximize precision or recall, based on the study question. CONCLUSION Using structured data, we accurately classified patients' cancer risk group, identified bone scan documentation with two NLP methods, and evaluated guideline adherence. Our pipeline can be used to provide concrete feedback to clinicians and guide treatment decisions.
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- Jean Coquet
- Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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- Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA
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- Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA
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- Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA; Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, USA; Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA.
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Lopci E, Piccardo A, Lazzeri M. Prostate cancer imaging and therapeutic alternatives with highly specific molecular 'probes'. BJU Int 2019; 124:188-189. [PMID: 30785658 DOI: 10.1111/bju.14713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Egesta Lopci
- Nuclear Medicine Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital - IRCCS, Rozzano, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital - IRCCS, Rozzano, Italy
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Gielchinsky I, Chang J, Cusick T, Delprado W, Nguyen Q, Yuen C, Savdie R, Böhm M, Haynes AM, Scheltema MJ, Stricker PD. Prostate cancer in 432 men aged <50 years in the prostate-specific antigen era: a new outlook. BJU Int 2018; 122 Suppl 5:35-41. [DOI: 10.1111/bju.14586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Ilan Gielchinsky
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research; Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research; Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research; Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology; Macquarie Park NSW Australia
- School of Medicine; University of New South Wales; Kensington NSW Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research; Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- School of Medicine; University of New South Wales; Kensington NSW Australia
- St Vincent's Clinic; Sydney NSW Australia
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- School of Medicine; University of New South Wales; Kensington NSW Australia
- St Vincent's Clinic; Sydney NSW Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research; Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research; Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research; Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research; Kinghorn Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre; Darlinghurst NSW Australia
- School of Medicine; University of New South Wales; Kensington NSW Australia
- St Vincent's Clinic; Sydney NSW Australia
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Catton CN, Lukka H, Martin J. Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy: An Evolving Paradigm. J Clin Oncol 2018; 36:2909-2913. [PMID: 30138084 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.79.3257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
The Oncology Grand Rounds series is designed to place original reports published in the Journal into clinical context. A case presentation is followed by a description of diagnostic and management challenges, a review of the relevant literature, and a summary of the authors' suggested management approaches. The goal of this series is to help readers better understand how to apply the results of key studies, including those published in Journal of Clinical Oncology, to patients seen in their own clinical practice. A urologist referred a 69-year-old man for a radiotherapy opinion regarding a recently diagnosed adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Annual serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing over 7 years demonstrated a rise in PSA from 1.36 ng/mL to 5.8 ng/mL, prompting a transrectal ultrasound that revealed a heterogeneous 37-mL gland containing no visualized hypoechoic nodules. Biopsy disclosed a Gleason score 3+4 (grade group 2) adenocarcinoma of the prostate. The synoptic report stated that six of 14 cores and 17% of the tissue were involved, with the greatest core involvement being 80% at the right apex. Perineural invasion was present without lymphovascular invasion. Disease was present bilaterally at the base, midgland, and apex.His medical history was significant only for treated peptic ulcer disease and he was taking no medication. His International Prostate Symptom Score was six of 35, and he reported being sexually active with good erectile function. There was no family history of prostate cancer. He is retired. Digital rectal examination revealed moderate benign prostatic hypertrophy with no suspicious nodules. A staging computerized tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen and pelvis and a whole-body bone scan ordered by his referring urologist reported no evidence of metastatic disease. The patient had discussed surgical options with his urologist and now wished to consider radiotherapy approaches.
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- Charles N Catton
- Charles N. Catton, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Himu Lukka, Juravinsiki Regional Cancer Centre and McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; and Jarad Martin, Calvary Mater Hospital and University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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- Charles N. Catton, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Himu Lukka, Juravinsiki Regional Cancer Centre and McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; and Jarad Martin, Calvary Mater Hospital and University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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- Charles N. Catton, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Himu Lukka, Juravinsiki Regional Cancer Centre and McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; and Jarad Martin, Calvary Mater Hospital and University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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