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| Title |
Higher caseload improves cervical cancer survival in patients treated with brachytherapy
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| Published in |
Radiation Oncology, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13014-014-0234-2 |
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| Authors |
Moon-Sing Lee, Shiang-Jiun Tsai, Ching-Chih Lee, Yu-Chieh Su, Wen-Yen Chiou, Hon-Yi Lin, Shih-Kai Hung |
| Abstract |
ObjectivesIncreased caseload has been associated with better patient outcomes in many areas of health care, including high-risk surgery and cancer treatment. However, such a positive volume vs. outcome relationship has not yet been validated for cervical cancer brachytherapy. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between physician caseload and survival rates in cervical cancer treated with brachytherapy using population-based data.MethodsBetween 2005 and 2010, a total of 818 patients were identified using the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. Multivariate analysis using a Cox proportional hazards model and propensity scores was used to assess the relationship between 5-year survival rates and physician caseloads.ResultsAs the caseload of individual physicians increased, unadjusted 5-year survival rates increased (P¿=¿0.005). Using a Cox proportional hazard model, patients treated by high-volume physicians had better survival rates (P =0.03), after adjusting for comorbidities, hospital type, and treatment modality. When analyzed by propensity score, the adjusted 5-year survival rate differed significantly between patients treated by high/medium-volume physicians vs. patients treated by low/medium-volume physicians (60% vs. 54%, respectively; P¿=¿0.04).ConclusionsProvider caseload affected survival rates in cervical cancer patients treated with brachytherapy. Both Cox proportional hazard model analysis and propensity scores showed association between high/medium volume physicians and improved survival. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 23 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 22% |
| Researcher | 3 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 9% |
| Lecturer | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 4 | 17% |
| Unknown | 6 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 26% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 17% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 4% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 4% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 9 | 39% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 January 2016.
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