Report of the Second Asian Prostate Cancer (A-CaP) Study Meeting

Abstract

The Asian Prostate Cancer (A-CaP) Study is an Asia-wide initiative that has been developed over the course of 2 years. The study was launched in December 2015 in Tokyo, Japan, and the participating countries and regions engaged in preparations for the study during the course of 2016, including patient registration and creation of databases for the purpose of the study. The Second A-CaP Meeting was held on September 8, 2016 in Seoul, Korea, with the participation of members and collaborators from 12 countries and regions. Under the study, each participating country or region will begin registration of newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients and conduct prognostic investigations. From the data gathered, common research themes will be identified, such as comparisons among Asian countries of background factors in newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients. This is the first Asia-wide study of prostate cancer and has developed from single country research efforts in this field, including in Japan and Korea. At the Second Meeting, participating countries and regions discussed the status of preparations and discussed various issues that are being faced. These issues include technical challenges in creating databases, promoting participation in each country or region, clarifying issues relating to data input, addressing institutional issues such as institutional review board requirements, and the need for dedicated data managers. The meeting was positioned as an opportunity to share information and address outstanding issues prior to the initiation of the study. In addition to A-CaP-specific discussions, a series of special lectures was also delivered as a means of providing international perspectives on the latest developments in prostate cancer and the use of databases and registration studies around the world.

Nursing diagnoses and NIC interventions in adult males undergoing radical prostatectomy

“…Findings obtained from the 12 cities selected showed 6,693 cases were registered. In addition, the incidence rate of age-related Pca was ~36 per 100,000, similar to other north Mediterranean countries (1)(2) .…”

Report of the third Asian Prostate Cancer study meeting

“…The meeting was attended by representatives of 10 countries and regions in Asia participating in the study (China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Turkey) and collaborators from the United States and Australia. Following on from the A-CaP launch symposium in December 2015 1 and the second A-CaP meeting in Seoul, Korea, in September 2016 2 , members discussed the current status of progress with patient registration, the outlook for further registrations and ways in which to utilize the database that is being accumulated through the A-CaP project. In the business meeting held before the scientific meeting, the A-CaP office also proposed the distribution of a tuned-up Excel-based input system for those countries that are collecting data in Excel-based format, as a measure to help ensure data consistency and minimize time required for data cleaning.…”

PROMISE CLIP Project: A Retrospective, Multicenter Study for Prostate Cancer that Integrates Clinical, Imaging and Pathology Data

“…For clinical data (PROMISE-CL), 7,257 patients with PCa treated with radical prostatectomy were included from each participant hospital's EMR data. In addition, we used the multicenter Korean Prostate Cancer Database (K-CaP) and the Asian Prostate Cancer (A-CaP) to refer to select data fields [8,9]. The K-CaP database is an observational longitudinal database of Korean patients with biopsy-proven PCa enrolled from five hospitals throughout Korea.…”