Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 9.
Published in final edited form as: Prostate. 2010 Jul 1;70(10):1102–1109. doi: 10.1002/pros.21144

Table 2.

Prostate Cancer Patient Clinical Characteristics

Characteristic Total Brooklyn Guyana Trinidad &Tobago P-Value
N = 6,142
N (%)
N = 1,100
N (%)
N = 609
N (%)
N = 4,433
1N (%)
Stage < 0.0001
I-III 3,236 (52.7) 996 (90.5) 248 (40.8) 1,992 (44.9)
IV 661 (10.8) 65 (5.91) 13 (2.10) 583 (13.2)
Unstaged 2,245 (36.5) 39 (3.59) 348 (57.1) 1,858 (41.9)
Grade <0.0001
Well 602 (12.1) - 10 (1.64) 592 (13.5)
Moderate 740 (14.8) - 8 (1.31) 732 (16.7)
Poor 400 (8.01) - 6 (0.99) 394 (8.98)
Undifferentiated 17 (0.39) - - 17 (0.39)
Unknown 3,237 (64.7) - 585 (96.06) 2,652 (60.45)
Histology 0.000
Glandular intraepithelial neoplasia, grade III 3 (0.05) 2 (0.18) - 1 (0.02)
Carcinoma, NOS 1,697 (27.63) 17 (1.55) 579 (95.1) 1,101 (24.8)
Adenocarcinoma 4,245 (69.11) 1,078 (98.0) 30 (4.90) 3,137 (70.8)
Other1 197 (3.21) 3 (0.27) - 194 (4.38)
Status < 0.0001
Alive 2,878 (46.9) 897 (81.5) 173 (28.4) 1,808 (40.7)
Dead 3,253 (52.9) 203 (18.5) 435 (71.4) 2,615 (59.0)
Unknown 11 (0.20) - 1 (0.20) 10 (0.30)
Median Follow-up, months (range) 18 months (1 – 305) 42 months(1–150) 5 months (1–82) 14 months (1–305)

NOS, not otherwise specified

1

Other (histology): Tumorlet, NOS; Small cell carcinoma; Squamous cell carcinoma; Transitional cell carcinoma; Cribriform carcinoma; Signet ring cell carcinoma; Infiltrating duct carcinoma; Infiltrating duct mixed with other carcinoma; Acinar cell carcinoma; Adenosquamous carcinoma; Sarcoma.