Cardiff & Vale University LHB

Specialist MDT: Cardiff & Vale University LHB

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Men diagnosed at this hospital trust can access the following services:

  • Diagnostic Facilities:
    • Multiparametric MRI
    • Transperineal biopsy under local anaesthetic
    • Transperineal biopsy under general anaesthetic
    • Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) biopsy
    • Choline PET
    • PSMA (prostate-specific membrane antigen) PET scan
    • Isotope bone scan
    • One-stop diagnostic clinic
  • Treatment Facilities:
    • Radical prostatectomy
    • Robot assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy
    • Joint specialist MDT clinic
  • Support Service Facilities:
    • Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in all clinics
    • Advanced PCa CNS
    • Urology CNS
    • Sexual function services
    • Specialist continence services
    • Psychological counselling
    • Genetic counselling

Data Quality

For Wales, this data completeness relates to patients diagnosed between April 2022 and March 2023.
For England, this data completeness relates to patients diagnosed in 2021. This is the data completeness of the National Cancer Registration Dataset (NCRD). For data completeness of the Rapid Cancer Registration Dataset (RCRD), please refer to the NPCA quarterly reports.

Diagnosing Trust Specialist MDT
No. of Cancer Registry records 290 572
Performance Status recorded 100% 100%
PSA completed 95% 93%
Gleason Score completed 95% 93%
TNM completed 86% 77%
Risk group assigned 96% 96%

Disease Presentation

For Wales, these results relate to patients diagnosed between April 2022 and March 2023.
For England, these results relate to patients diagnosed between January and December 2021.

Specialist MDT National
No. of men with disease status determined 561 39897
Percentage of men diagnosed with metastatic disease 19% 17%

Management

For Wales, these results relate to patients diagnosed between April 2022 and March 2023.
For England, these results relate to patients diagnosed between January and December 2021.

Specialist MDT National
No. of men diagnosed with low-risk localised disease 116 4684
Percentage of men with low-risk localised disease receiving radical treatment 12% 8%
No. of men diagnosed with locally advanced disease 166 15410
Percentage of men diagnosed with locally advanced disease receiving radical treatment 82% 68%

Outcome

Treatment Centre
No. of men who received radical prostatectomy (April 2022- March 2023) 87
Adjusted percentage of men who had an emergency readmission within 90 days of radical prostatectomy (%) 10%
No. of men who received radical prostatectomy (September 2020 - August 2021) 70
Adjusted percentage of men experiencing at least one GU complication (%) 8%

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