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Table 2 Trends in national practice patterns of prostate cancer in Korea from 2005 to 2014

From: National practice patterns and direct medical costs for prostate cancer in Korea across a 10 year period: a nationwide population-based study using a national health insurance database

Characteristic

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Total (N)

3548

4313

5080

6225

6873

7262

8449

8825

8929

9092

Radical surgery

 RP

1102 (97.4)

1478 (94.4)

1812 (85.0)

1774 (61.8)

1933 (56.6)

1893 (52.5)

2416 (56.6)

2432 (55.7)

2478 (55.7)

2217 (50.9)

 RARP

29 (2.6)

88 (5.6)

320 (15.0)

1098 (38.2)

1480 (43.4)

1710 (47.5)

1850 (43.4)

1935 (44.3)

1973 (44.3)

2139 (49.1)

ADT

 Orchiectomy

174 (7.0)

117 (4.1)

90 (2.9)

79 (2.2)

67 (1.8)

41 (1.0)

38 (0.8)

32 (0.7)

21 (0.4)

28 (0.6)

 LHRH agonist only

769 (31.1)

887 (31.2)

1093 (34.8)

1155 (31.5)

1243 (32.6)

1231 (30.8)

1602 (35.6)

1655 (34.5)

1596 (33.6)

1740 (34.8)

 MAB

1322 (53.4)

1613 (56.7)

1791 (57.1)

2164 (58.9)

2228 (58.5)

2383 (59.6)

2531 (56.3)

2714 (56.6)

2760 (58.2)

2874 (57.5)

 Anti-androgen only

210 (8.5)

230 (8.1)

163 (5.2)

274 (7.5)

271 (7.1)

345 (8.6)

328 (7.3)

396 (8.3)

368 (7.8)

352 (7.0)

Primary treatment

 Surgery only

835 (23.5)

1153 (26.7)

1576 (31.0)

2187 (35.1)

2592 (37.7)

2738 (37.7)

3314 (39.2)

3478 (39.4)

3595 (40.3)

3585 (39.4)

 Surgery+ADT

74 (2.1)

124 (2.9)

186 (3.7)

297 (4.8)

336 (4.9)

334 (4.6)

387 (4.6)

360 (4.1)

350 (3.9)

368 (4.0)

 Surgery+RT

170 (4.8)

208 (4.8)

274 (5.4)

278 (4.5)

358 (5.2)

400 (5.5)

398 (4.7)

327 (3.7)

333 (3.7)

225 (2.5)

 Surgery+ADT + RT

52 (1.5)

81 (1.9)

96 (1.9)

110 (1.8)

127 (1.8)

131 (1.8)

167 (2.0)

202 (2.3)

173 (1.9)

178 (2.0)

 RT only

68 (1.9)

105 (2.4)

93 (1.8)

88 (1.4)

114 (1.7)

124 (1.7)

238 (2.8)

223 (2.5)

256 (2.9)

288 (3.2)

 ADT only

1831 (51.6)

2011 (46.6)

2216 (43.6)

2613 (42.0)

2745 (39.9)

2820 (38.8)

3044 (36.0)

3185 (36.1)

3271 (36.6)

3544 (39.0)

 ADT + RT

518 (14.6)

631 (14.6)

639 (12.6)

652 (10.5)

601 (8.7)

715 (9.8)

901 (10.7)

1050 (11.9)

951 (10.7)

904 (9.9)

  1. RP Radical prostatectomy, RARP Robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, ADT Androgen deprivation therapy, LHRH Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone, MAB Maximal androgen blockade, RT Radiotherapy