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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Jan 17.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2006 Feb 1;106(3):576–580. doi: 10.1002/cncr.21643

TABLE 1.

Patient Demographics

Overall cohort Surgery ≤ 90 days after biopsy Surgery > 90 days after biopsy
No. of patients 3149 2258 891
Median age at biopsy in yrs (interquartile range) 61 (56-65) 61 (56-65) 61 (56-65)
Median prebiopsy serum PSA level in ng/mL (interquartile range) 6.3 (4.6-9.6) 6.6 (4.7-10.0) 5.9 (4.5-8.6)
Biopsy Gleason score
 6 2192 (70%) 1517 (67%) 675 (76%)
 7 (3 + 4) 570 (18%) 425 (19%) 145 (16%)
 7 (4 + 3) 224 (7%) 183 (8%) 41 (5%)
 8-10 163 (5%) 133 (6%) 30 (3%)
Clinical classification
 T1a/b 73 (2%) 41 (2%) 32 (4%)
 T1c 1295 (41%) 844 (38%) 451 (51%)
 T2a 759 (24%) 562 (25%) 197 (22%)
 T2b 313 (10%) 254 (11%) 59 (7%)
 T2c 607 (19%) 472 (21%) 135 (15%)
 T3 81 (3%) 67 (3%) 14 (2%)
Median nomogram-predicted probability of 5-yr disease progression-free survival (interquartile range) 84% (71-90%) 82% (68-89%) 86% (77-91%)
Time to surgery
 < 1 mo 233 (7%)
 1-2 mos 985 (31%)
 2-3 mos 1040 (33%)
 3-4 mos 496 (16%)
 4-5 mos 188 (6%)
 5-6 mos 87 (3%)
 6-9 mos 100 (3%)
 9-12 mos 20 (1%)

PSA: prostate-specific antigen.