Results of the first thousand patients from a multidisciplinary prostate cancer clinic.

e16602Background: Patients with early prostate cancer have a spectrum of treatment options, delivered by different healthcare professionals. To address this a multidisciplinary prostate cancer clinic (MDC) was started at Barts Cancer Centre in 2011, covering all treatment options in one appointment. Methods: Between 2011-15 all patients with early prostate cancer and fit enough for radical therapy were referred to the MDC from a catchment area of 1.2 million patients. Clinical data and treatment choice on the first 1000 patients was collected within this audit. Patient demographics and tumour characteristics were recorded. Only patients with confirmed prostate cancer were included in the analysis. This was either by histology from a biopsy specimen, or by the demonstration of metastatic disease on imaging and a PSA test > 100. Patients were separated into risk groups using the D’Amico classification. Results: 1069 male patients attended the clinic. 1000 patients had confirmed prostate cancer. Median age w...