Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Specialist MDT: Medway NHS Foundation Trust

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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
  • Treatment Facilities:
    • External beam radiotherapy (EBRT)
    • Low-dose rate brachytherapy
    • Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
    • Chemotherapy
    • Joint specialist MDT clinic
  • Support Service Facilities:
    • Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in all clinics
    • Prostate cancer-specific CNSs
    • Advanced PCa CNS
    • Urology CNS
    • Sexual function services
    • Specialist continence services
    • Genetic counselling

Data Quality

Diagnosing Trust Specialist MDT
No. of Cancer Registry records 244 562
Performance Status recorded 57% 73%
PSA completed 3% 3%
Gleason Score completed N/A N/A
TNM completed 44% 62%
Stage variable assigned 48% 68%

Disease Presentation

Specialist MDT National
No. of men with disease status determined 394 23477
Percentage of men diagnosed with metastatic disease 18% 17%
No. of men diagnosed with M1 (metastases) 70 N/A

Management

These indicators could not be reported this year for England as we were unable to assign a patient to a particular risk group due to the unavailability of information on Gleason score in the Rapid Cancer Registration Dataset

Outcome

Treatment Centre
No. of men who received radical radiotherapy () 450
Adjusted percentage of men experiencing at least one GI complication (%) 13%

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