与治疗相关的生存率与老年男性局部性前列腺癌的观察
Yu-Ning Wong1, Nandita Mitra, Gary Hudes
1Division of Population Science, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA. Y_Wong@fccc.edu
JAMA
|December 14, 2006
概括
对老年男性局部性前列腺癌的积极治疗显示出生存优势. 这项研究表明,与低风险和中等风险疾病的观察相比,辐射或手术改善了结果.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 老年医学 老年医学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 前列腺特异性抗原 (PSA) 查增加了前列腺癌的诊断.
- 在老年男性中治疗低风险和中等风险前列腺癌的益处仍然存在争议.
研究的目的:
- 评估主动治疗 (急性前列腺切除术或放射治疗) 与观察之间的关联.
- 评估被诊断患有低风险和中等风险前列腺癌的老年男性的整体存活率.
主要方法:
- 使用监测,流行病学和最终结果 (SEER) 医疗保险数据的回顾性队列研究.
- 包括44,630名65-80岁的男性,被诊断患有器官局限性,良好到中度分化的前列腺癌 (1991-1999年).
- 随访至2002年12月31日,比较治疗 (n=32,022) 与观察 (n=12,608) 使用倾向得分调整.
主要成果:
- 与观察组相比,治疗组的5年和10年生存率较长.
- 在调整后,积极治疗与统计学上显著的生存优势相关 (HR,0.69;95% CI,0.66-0.72).
- 在各个小组中观察到治疗效益,包括老年男性 (75-80岁),黑人男性和患有低风险疾病的人.
结论:
- 积极治疗似乎为患有低风险和中等风险前列腺癌的老年男性 (65-80岁) 提供了生存优势.
- 观察数据在选择偏差和混方面存在局限性.
- 结果需要通过随机对照试验验证,比较该群体的管理策略.
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