Post-Treatment Trajectories of Retained Totally Implantable Venous Access Ports After Anticancer Therapy: A Conditional Landmark Cohort Study

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Zeyang Fan, Tiantian Li, and Kai Yang follow what happens to implanted ports after cancer treatment ends in this two thousand twenty-six cohort study. Ports are often left in place after therapy in case treatment resumes, but kept ports need upkeep and carry risks. The team studied patients who were alive, event-free, and still carrying their first port ninety days after therapy, with no reason forcing removal.

Among about fourteen hundred patients, the twelve-month rate was about thirty-four percent for planned removal, ten percent for port reuse, four percent for removal due to problems, and one percent for death. Follow-up logged nearly ten thousand upkeep visits. In a survey group, about sixty-nine percent said they would choose a port again, while twenty-six percent would have liked earlier removal. Kept ports follow varied paths and need case-by-case plans.

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Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13605111