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  P1 - Poster Viewing (ID 5)

  • Event: NACLC 2019
  • Type: Poster Session
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  • Presentations: 1
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  • Coordinates: 10/11/2019, 16:45 - 18:00, Exhibit Hall

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    P1.06 - An Overview of Lung and Breast Cancer Using the National Cancer Database (ID 27)

    16:45 - 18:00  |  Presenting Author(s): Leigh Deshotels
    • Abstract

    Background:
    The National Cancer Database (NCDB) is a clinical oncology database utilized by many researchers and clinicians internationally. The NCDB incorporates data from more than 34 million historical patient records which has been useful for those pursuing oncologic research and patient care1. We sought to investigate the various trends in data of two of the most common cancers, lung and breast, published using the NCDB.
    
    
    Method:
    We selected a multitude of pre-determined variables for analysis. We then performed two separate literature searches using an advanced PubMed search builder: one using “breast cancer” and “national cancer database” and another using “lung cancer” and “national cancer database.” The data was combined to determine each variables’ association with journal impact factor using both univariate and multivariate analyses. P< 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.
    
    
    Results:
    A total of 191 published studies were identified. We found that a journal impact factor > 5 was associated with a publication year prior to 2017 (univariate analysis OR 2.68, 95% CI 1.38-5.21, p-value 0.004 and multivariate analysis OR 3.47, 95% CI 1.62-7.42, p-value 0.001) and a sample size > 10,000 (univariate analysis OR 3.27, 95% CI 1.43-7.50, p-value 0.005 and multivariate analysis OR 4.68, 95% CI 1.89-11.6, p-value 0.0008). Variables such as number of authors (?5 vs. >5), region (US vs. non-US), cancer type (lung vs. breast), stage (including vs. excluding stage IV), treatment outcome (yes vs. no) and treatment incidence (yes vs. no) were not significant for an association with an impact factor > 5.
    
    
    Conclusion:
    Based on our data, studies published after 2017 using the NCDB were associated with a lower impact factor. This could suggest that the quality of the NCDB data may be declining over time. References: 1“National Cancer Database.” American College of Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, www.facs.org/quality-programs/cancer/ncdb.