Table 1 Hospital’s case volume for prostate cancer treatments and their use per region.
From: Prostate cancer treatment in Portugal: a nationwide analysis
Radical Prostatectomy | Brachytherapy | External Radiotherapy | |
|---|---|---|---|
Case volume per hospital | |||
Years of analysis | 2018–2020 | 2018–2020 | 2010–2012 |
Median | 19.3 | 14.3 | 128.0 |
P25-P75 | 7.8 – 43.8 | 9.7 – 16.7 | 66.3 –189.2 |
N (%) hospitals with adequate case volume* | 8 (17.4%) | 4 (44.4%) | 9 (81.8%) |
Case volume per type of hospital (median)§ | |||
Hospitals group IV-a | 33 | 86 | 302 |
Hospitals group III | 75 | 14 | 136 |
Hospitals group I and II | 15 | 1 | 50 |
Treatments in 2012 per region (%) | |||
North | 45.9 | 5.8 | 48.3 |
Center | 29.4 | 18.9 | 51.7 |
South | 42.9 | 6 | 51.1 |
