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Association between hospital volume and receipt of treatment and survival in patients with glioblastoma |
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| Authors: | Matthew Koshy David J. Sher Michael Spiotto Zain Husain Herb Engelhard Konstantin Slavin Martin K. Nicholas Ralph R. Weichselbaum Chad Rusthoven |
| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Radiation Oncology,University of Illinois at Chicago,Chicago,USA;2.Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology,The University of Chicago,Chicago,USA;3.Department of Radiation Oncology,UT Southwestern Medical Center,Dallas,USA;4.Department of Radiation Oncology,Yale University,New Haven,USA;5.Department of Neurosurgery,University of Illinois at Chicago,Chicago,USA;6.Department of Neurology,University of Illinois at Chicago,Chicago,USA;7.Department of Radiation Oncology,University of Colorado,Aurora,USA |
| Abstract: | The relation between hospital volume and outcomes for patients with glioblastoma is unknown. We undertook this study to determine the effect of hospital volume on treatment received and its effect on survival in patients with glioblastoma. We included patients from the National Cancer Database diagnosed with a glioblastoma from 2006 to 2013. Hospital volume was calculated by examining the treating facilities average number of cases per year and grouping them into tertiles: (low? |
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