Carolin Siech, Andrea Baudo, Mario de Angelis, Letizia Maria Ippolita Jannello, Francesco Di Bello, Jordan A Goyal, Zhe Tian, Fred Saad, Shahrokh F Shariat, Nicola Longo, Luca Carmignani, Ottavio de Cobelli, Alberto Briganti, Séverine Banek, Philipp Mandel, Luis A Kluth, Felix K H Chun, Pierre I Karakiewicz
BACKGROUND: In metastatic urethral cancer, temporal trends, and patterns of inpatient palliative care (IPC) use are unknown. METHODS: Relying on the National Inpatient Sample (2006-2019), metastatic urethral cancer patients were stratified according to IPC use. Estimated annual percentage changes (EAPC) analyses and multivariable logistic regression models (LRM) for the prediction of IPC use were fitted. RESULTS: Of 1,106 metastatic urethral cancer patients, 199 (18%) received IPC...
April 15, 2024: Urologic Oncology