Treatment and outcomes of unresectable and metastatic pancreatic cancer treated in public and private Australian hospitals.
Yat Hang ToJulia ShapiroRachel WongBenjamin ThomsonAdnan NagrialShehara MendisPeter GibbsJeremy ShapiroBelinda LeePublished in: Asia-Pacific journal of clinical oncology (2021)
Care in the private system is associated with improved OS, with higher uptake of first-line chemotherapy appearing to be the main contributor. Given the discrepancy, further studies are needed to determine what factors are driving this difference.