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ArticleMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2017

Cost-effectiveness comparison between neoadjuvant chemohormonal therapy and extended pelvic lymph node dissection in high-risk prostate cancer patients treated with radical prostatectomy: a multi-institutional analysis.

Teppei Matsumoto, Shingo Hatakeyama, Teppei Ookubo, Koji Mitsuzuka, Shintaro Narita, Takamitsu Inoue, Shinichi Yamashita, Takuma Narita, Takuya Koie, Sadafumi Kawamura and 5 more

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Article in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Teppei MatsumotoDepartment of Urology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8562, Japan.
Shingo HatakeyamaDepartment of Urology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8562, Japan. shingoh@hirosaki-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0026-4079
Teppei OokuboDepartment of Urology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Koji MitsuzukaDepartment of Urology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Shintaro NaritaDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
Takamitsu InoueDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
Shinichi YamashitaDepartment of Urology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Takuma NaritaDepartment of Urology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8562, Japan.
Takuya KoieDepartment of Urology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8562, Japan.
Sadafumi KawamuraDepartment of Urology, Miyagi Cancer Center, Natori, Japan.
Tatsuo TochigiDepartment of Urology, Miyagi Cancer Center, Natori, Japan.
Norihiko TsuchiyaDepartment of Urology, Yamagata University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Tomonori HabuchiDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
Yoichi AraiDepartment of Urology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Chikara OhyamaDepartment of Urology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8562, Japan.
Hirosaki University · JPTohoku University · JPAkita University · JPMiyagi Prefectural Hospital Organization · JPYamagata University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND) compared to neoadjuvant chemohormonal therapy using gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist/antagonist and estramustine. We retrospectively analyzed data within Michinoku Urological Cancer Study Group database containing 2971 PC patients treated with radical prostatectomy (RP) at four institutes between July 1996 and July 2017. We identified 237 and 403 high-risk patients who underwent RP and ePLND (ePLND group), and neoadjuvant chemohormonal therapy followed by RP and limited PLND (neoadjuvant group), respectively. The oncological outcomes and cost-effectiveness were compared between groups. Medical cost calculation focused on PC-related medication and adjuvant radiotherapy. Biochemical recurrence-free and overall survival rates in the neoadjuvant group were significantly higher than those in the ePLND group. Significantly higher number of patients progressed to castration-resistant PC in the ePLND group than in the neoadjuvant group. Background-adjusted multivariate Cox regression analysis using inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) revealed that neoadjuvant chemohormonal therapy independently reduced the risk of biochemical recurrence after RP. The 5-year cost per person was significantly higher in the ePLND group than in the neoadjuvant group. Although the present study was retrospective, neoadjuvant chemohormonal therapy followed by RP as a concurrent strategy has potential to improve oncological outcome and cost-effectiveness.

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AgedAntineoplastic Agents, HormonalCost-Benefit AnalysisDisease-Free SurvivalEstramustineGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneHumansLymph Node ExcisionMaleMiddle AgedNeoadjuvant TherapyProportional Hazards ModelsProstatectomyProstatic NeoplasmsRadiotherapy, AdjuvantRetrospective StudiesAntineoplastic Agents, HormonalEstramustineGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneBiochemical recurrenceCastration-resistant prostate cancerCost-effectivenessHigh-risk prostate cancerRadical prostatectomy

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