Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

Specialist MDT: Plymouth Hospitals NHS 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
    • Choline PET
    • Whole body MRI
    • Isotope bone scan
    • One-stop diagnostic clinic
  • Treatment Facilities:
    • External beam radiotherapy (EBRT)
    • Chemotherapy
  • Support Service Facilities:
    • Prostate cancer-specific CNSs
    • Advanced PCa CNS
    • Urology CNS
    • Sexual function services
    • Specialist continence services
    • Psychological 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 378 779
Performance Status recorded 88% 84%
PSA completed 92% 46%
Gleason Score completed 75% 78%
TNM completed 71% 77%

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 762 39897
Percentage of men diagnosed with metastatic disease 22% 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 66 4684
Percentage of men with low-risk localised disease receiving radical treatment 0% 8%
No. of men diagnosed with locally advanced disease 304 15410
Percentage of men diagnosed with locally advanced disease receiving radical treatment 64% 68%

Outcome

Treatment Centre
No. of men who received radical radiotherapy () 90
Adjusted percentage of men experiencing at least one GI complication (%) 22%

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