Table 1.
Number of patients with more or less aggressive prostate cancer in each of seven populations
| No. of prostate cancer patients |
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| Study population | More aggressive | Less aggressive |
| CGEMS* | ||
| PLCO | 691 | 489 |
| ACS(CPS-II) | 926 | 699 |
| HPFS | 123 | 405 |
| ATBC | 240 | 516 |
| Subtotal | 1,980 | 2,109 |
| CAPS† | 1,231 | 1,619 |
| JHH‡ | 1,408 | 4,318 |
| PROCAP§ | 210 | 4,159 |
| Total | 4,829 | 12,205 |
*In the CGEMS study, more aggressive disease is defined as Gleason ≥ 7 or T-stage ≥T3.
†n the CAPS study, more aggressive disease is defined as Gleason ≥ 8 or T-stage ≥T3.
‡In the JHH study, more aggressive disease is defined as Gleason ≥ (4+3) or T-stage ≥T3b or N+.
§In the PROCAP study, more aggressive disease is defined as Gleason ≥ 8 or N+.