Accuracy of Time to Treatment Initiation Data in Musculoskeletal Soft Tissue Sarcoma

CONCLUSIONS: Nearly three-fourths of patients with a registry-reported value of TTI = 0 days in a large, CoC-accredited cancer center registry had a diagnostic procedure coded as their first treatment event, though their effective treatment had not yet started. These data suggest that TTI is likely longer than what is reported to the NCDB. Redefinition of what constitutes surgical treatment should be considered to improve the accuracy of data used in measuring TTI in sarcoma.PMID:37261268 | PMC:PMC10229237 | DOI:10.1155/2023/9022770

Source: Sarcoma - June 1, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Joshua M Lawrenz Jose F Vega Jaiben George Gannon L Curtis Jaymeson Gordon Amanda Maggiotto Katherine Tullio Dale R Shepard John D Reith Herbert S Schwartz Lukas M Nystrom Nathan W Mesko Source Type: research