XXXX : Treatment patterns of a population-based sample.

@entity1 @entity5 @entity674 @entity2213 @entity356
OBJECTIVES: The National @entity5 Institute (NCI) annually confirms therapy with treating physicians on a sample of @entity1 diagnosed with a specific @entity5 . METHODS: Using the NCI Patterns of Care data, treatment patterns were examined on a population-based sample of @entity1 diagnosed with @entity674 ( @entity674 ) in 2008. RESULTS: A random sample of 323 of 405 @entity674 @entity1 registered in SEER was selected. Most @entity1 had @entity356 , were >= 65   years, white, had private insurance, and treated in a hospital with a residency program. Surgery was primarily performed in @entity1 with non-metastatic disease (94%), in which: 26, 12, and 36% were at low, intermediate, and high-risk of recurrence, respectively. Amongst low-risk @entity1 ,    30% received adjuvant therapy. Amongst @entity1 at higher risk, 26-40% did not receive adjuvant therapy. @entity2213 was the most common targeted therapy administered. On multivariate analysis, age and risk-group were associated with receipt of adjuvant targeted therapy. CONCLUSIONS: Our study shows that in 2008, the majority of @entity1 diagnosed with @entity674 received appropriate surgical and adjuvant therapies. However, a considerable subset may have been overtreated and undertreated. Future studies identifying factors that impact the delivery of adjuvant therapy should be conducted. J. Surg. Oncol. 2015 111:702-707.    2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
