Call 2 - Is age a determining factor in the treatment of men with prostate cancer?
Posted March 3rd, 2010 by Administrator (not verified)
Project leader:
Dr Anna Gavin, Director, Northern Ireland Cancer Registry, Queen’s University BelfastKeywords:
prostate cancer, elderly men, survival ratesBudget:
€22,421Project members/ institutions:
Dr Linda Sharp, Epidemiologist, National Cancer Registry Ireland and Mr Conan Donnelly, Statistician, Queen’s University Belfast on secondment from the NI Statistics and Research Agency.
Prostate cancer is now the most common cancer among men in Ireland, north and south, and this group will try to find out why older men are less likely to receive treatment than younger ones and whether this affects survival rates.
Objectives: Include investigating variations in treatment 1996-2006 and how clinical factors vary with age in men with prostate cancer to see whether the relationship between age and likelihood of treatment persists after other factors have been taken into account.
