Table 3.

Comparison of disease stage information for cases aged less than 70 years at diagnosis (n = 1844)

			PCOS stagea
		Localised		Non-localised
CCR stageb	n	%c	n	%c
Localised	958	59	74	33
Non-localised	143	9	44	19
Unknown	516	32	109	48
Total	1617	100	227	100

^a Clinical stage from PCOS, excludes 13 cases with unknown stage

^b Spread of disease at diagnosis recorded in the CCR

^c Column percent

PCOS: Prostate Cancer Care and Outcomes Study; CCR: Central Cancer Registry