Treatment Facility Volume and Survival in Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Registry-based Analysis

Higher treatment facility (TF) volume has been linked with improved oncologic treatment outcomes. To determine the association between TF volume and overall survival in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). The National Cancer Database (NCDB) was queried for all patients with mRCC with survival data available (2004–2013, cohort A). Overall survival was assessed based on TF volumes, and increasingly narrow inclusion criteria were...