A multidisciplinary group for prostate cancer management: A single institution experience

  • Authors:
    • Antonella Colasante
    • Antonietta Augurio
    • Raffaella Basilico
    • Antonio Raffaele Cotroneo
    • Maria B. Di Sciascio
    • Giuseppe Gaspari
    • Domenico Genovesi
    • Jamara Giampietro
    • Romina Iantorno
    • Antonio Marchetti
    • Clara Natoli
    • Antonello Nuzzo
    • Floriana Ottaviani
    • Paolo Pompa
    • Pietro Castellan
    • Raffaele Tenaglia
    • Annamaria Vinciguerra
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  • Published online on: November 30, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7506
  • Pages: 1823-1828
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Abstract

Increased knowledge regarding the heterogeneity of Prostate Cancer (PC) and its variable outcomes has generated controversy over the best clinical approach. Nowadays, it is well‑known that patient outcomes and clinical management may be improved by an efficient organization of the national health care system. The Interdisciplinary Group for Oncological Care (GICO) for PC patients was created by our healthcare management company in September 2010. Since then, a multidisciplinary internal report was applied to PC patients. This report highlights our methodology and experience of planning a GICO, and illustrates the results obtained for the management of PC patients before and after the adopted GICO criteria in a single institution, the SS Annunziata Hospital (Chieti, Italy).
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February-2018
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Colasante A, Augurio A, Basilico R, Cotroneo AR, Di Sciascio MB, Gaspari G, Genovesi D, Giampietro J, Iantorno R, Marchetti A, Marchetti A, et al: A multidisciplinary group for prostate cancer management: A single institution experience. Oncol Lett 15: 1823-1828, 2018
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Colasante, A., Augurio, A., Basilico, R., Cotroneo, A.R., Di Sciascio, M.B., Gaspari, G. ... Vinciguerra, A. (2018). A multidisciplinary group for prostate cancer management: A single institution experience. Oncology Letters, 15, 1823-1828. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7506
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Colasante, A., Augurio, A., Basilico, R., Cotroneo, A. R., Di Sciascio, M. B., Gaspari, G., Genovesi, D., Giampietro, J., Iantorno, R., Marchetti, A., Natoli, C., Nuzzo, A., Ottaviani, F., Pompa, P., Castellan, P., Tenaglia, R., Vinciguerra, A."A multidisciplinary group for prostate cancer management: A single institution experience". Oncology Letters 15.2 (2018): 1823-1828.
Chicago
Colasante, A., Augurio, A., Basilico, R., Cotroneo, A. R., Di Sciascio, M. B., Gaspari, G., Genovesi, D., Giampietro, J., Iantorno, R., Marchetti, A., Natoli, C., Nuzzo, A., Ottaviani, F., Pompa, P., Castellan, P., Tenaglia, R., Vinciguerra, A."A multidisciplinary group for prostate cancer management: A single institution experience". Oncology Letters 15, no. 2 (2018): 1823-1828. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7506