PD53-01 NON-GUIDELINE CONCORDANT TREATMENT OF TESTICULAR CANCER

Vitality predicts level of guideline-concordant care in routine treatment of mood, anxiety and somatoform disorders.

OBJECTIVE To examine the clinical and psychosocial correlates of adherence to treatment guidelines among outpatients with common mental disorders in a routine clinical setting. METHODS In this retrospective cohort study, we analysed 192 patients who were treated for a mood, anxiety or somatoform disorder with pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy or a combination of both treatment modalities. Guidel...

Concordant Surgical Treatment: Non-melanocytic Skin Cancer of the Head and Neck

BACKGROUND Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer. Of the 4 million skin lesions excised annually worldwide, approximately 2 million are considered cancerous. In this study, we aimed to describe a regional experience with skin cancers treated by a single senior surgeon and to provide a treatment algorithm. METHODS The medical records of 176 patients with head and neck non-melanocytic s...

Maintenance Use of Antidepressants in Dutch General Practice: Non-Guideline Concordant

BACKGROUND There is hardly evidence on maintenance treatment with antidepressants in primary care. Nevertheless, depression guidelines recommend maintenance treatment i.e. treatment to prevent recurrences, in patients with high risk of recurrence, and many patients use maintenance treatment with antidepressants. This study explores the characteristics of patients on maintenance treatment with a...

Non-surgical Treatment of Urinary Incontinence Guideline

Advanced Imaging and Receipt of Guideline Concordant Care in Women with Early Stage Breast Cancer

Objective. It is unknown whether advanced imaging (AI) is associated with higher quality breast cancer (BC) care. Materials and Methods. Claims and Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results data were linked for women diagnosed with incident stage I-III BC between 2002 and 2008 in western Washington State. We examined receipt of preoperative breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or AI (defined...