NICE guidance on the use of carmustine wafers in high grade gliomas: a national study on variation in practice
| العنوان: | NICE guidance on the use of carmustine wafers in high grade gliomas: a national study on variation in practice |
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| المؤلفون: | Stephen J. Price, Paul Grundy, Garth Cruickshank, Ian R. Whittle, Keyoumars Ashkan |
| المصدر: | British Journal of Neurosurgery |
| بيانات النشر: | Informa Healthcare, 2012. |
| سنة النشر: | 2012 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Nice, Resection, Nice guidance, Postoperative Complications, medicine, Combined Modality Therapy, Humans, Practice Patterns, Physicians', Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating, computer.programming_language, Aged, Patient Care Team, Carmustine, business.industry, Brain Neoplasms, carmustine wafers, General Medicine, Glioma, Length of Stay, Middle Aged, implementing NICE guidance, Surgery, Treatment Outcome, Concomitant, Practice Guidelines as Topic, National study, Original Article, Female, Neurology (clinical), Guideline Adherence, business, computer, Chemoradiotherapy, medicine.drug, improving outcomes guidance |
| الوصف: | Background. Multidisciplinary team (MDT) working in oncology aims to improve outcomes for patients with cancer. One role is to ensure the implementation of best practice and National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance. In this study, we have assessed the role of MDT in implementing the TA121 appraisal of the use of carmustine wafers in high grade gliomas. Methods. 296 patients with high-grade glioma suitable for maximal resection were recruited from 17 Neurosurgical Centres. The number of patients treated with carmustine wafers and reasons for not using this were recorded. Complications at 48 hours post-operatively and at 6 weeks post-radiotherapy were recorded. Results. 94/296 (32%) of suitable patients received carmustine wafers. In 55% of cases carmustine was not used due to either surgeon preference or a lack of an MDT decision. There was no increased complication rate with carmustine use at either 48 hours post-surgery or at 6 weeks post radiotherapy. Use of carmustine wafers did not decrease access to and use of chemoradiotherapy. Conclusions. One third of patients suitable for carmustine wafers received them. Their use was neither associated with more frequent complications, nor decreased use of chemoradiotherapy. Implementation of NICE TA121 Guidance is extremely variable in different MDTs across the United Kingdom. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1360-046X 0268-8697 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::f91af25cbfa11f729a39606c698fc298 http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3432583 |
| Rights: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....f91af25cbfa11f729a39606c698fc298 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 1360046X 02688697 |
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