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Patterns of prostate cancer treatment by clinical stage and age

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  • Meltzer, D.
  • Egleston, B.
  • Abdalla, I.

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Objectives. This study analyzed prostate cancer treatment rates by age and clinical stage and contrasted these with rates by most accurate stage. Methods. We determined surgery and radiation rates by most accurate and clinical stage by using 1996 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results data. Results. Treatment rates by clinical stage vs best stage differ significantly. For example, surgery rates for stages B, C, and D are 37%, 78%, and 13% by most accurate stage but 33%, 6%, and 1% by clinical stage. Treatment patterns by clinical stage vary substantially by age. Conclusions. Treatment patterns should be described by clinical stage rather than most accurate stage, and they vary by age.

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  • Meltzer, D. & Egleston, B. & Abdalla, I., 2001. "Patterns of prostate cancer treatment by clinical stage and age," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 91(1), pages 126-128.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2001:91:1:126-128_8
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    1. Howard, David H., 2005. "Life expectancy and the value of early detection," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 24(5), pages 891-906, September.
    2. Anirban Basu, 2012. "Estimating Person-Centered Treatment (PeT) Effects Using Instrumental Variables," NBER Working Papers 18056, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Anirban Basu & Willard G. Manning, 2010. "Estimating lifetime or episode‐of‐illness costs under censoring," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 19(9), pages 1010-1028, September.
    4. Basu A & Manning WG, 2009. "Estimating Lifetime or Episode-of-illness Costs," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 09/12, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.

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