TABLE 1.
Demographic Characteristics of 12,955 Patients Treated for Benign Gynecologic Disorders
| Modality of radiotherapy |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | No RTa | Any RT | External X ray | Brachytherapy | Both |
| Subjects (%b) | 3,186 (24.6) | 9,769 (75.4) | 1,947 (15.0) | 5,981 (46.2) | 1,841 (14.2) |
| Type of exit | |||||
| Deceased | 2,191 (68.77) | 7,162 (73.3) | 1,342 (68.9) | 4,391 (73.4) | 1,429 (77.6) |
| Alive as of the end of follow-up | 758 (23.79) | 1,786 (18.3) | 336 (17.3) | 1,047 (17.5) | 403 (21.9) |
| Lost to follow-up | 237 (7.4) | 821 (8.4) | 269 (13.8) | 543 (9.1) | 9 (0.5) |
| Location of treatment | |||||
| Connecticut | 0 (0.0) | 1,959 (20.1) | 1,035 (53.2) | 898 (15.0) | 26 (1.4) |
| Massachusetts | 0 (0.0) | 2,365 (24.2) | 263 (13.5) | 2,068 (34.6) | 34 (1.8) |
| New York | 3,186 (100.0) | 3,327 (34.1) | 631 (32.4) | 932 (15.6) | 1,764 (95.8) |
| Rhode Island | 0 (0.0) | 2,118 (21.7) | 18 (0.9) | 2,083 (34.8) | 17 (0.9) |
| Year of entry | |||||
| 1925–1939 | 788 (24.7) | 5,223 (53.5) | 839 (43.1) | 2,953 (49.4) | 1,431 (77.7) |
| 1940–1949 | 1,589 (49.9) | 3,865 (39.6) | 934 (48.0) | 2,526 (42.2) | 405 (22.0) |
| 1950–1965 | 809 (25.4) | 681 (7.0) | 174 (8.9) | 502 (8.4) | 5 (0.3) |
| Age at entry, years | |||||
| <40 | 1,054 (33.1) | 1,706 (17.5) | 453 (23.3) | 988 (16.4) | 265 (14.4) |
| 40–49 | 1,094 (34.3) | 5,404 (55.3) | 1,156 (59.4) | 3,238 (54.1) | 1,010 (54.9) |
| 50–59 | 566 (17.8) | 2,036 (20.8) | 290 (14.9) | 1,332 (22.3) | 414 (22.5) |
| ≥60 | 472 (14.8) | 626 (6.4) | 48 (2.5) | 426 (7.1) | 152 (8.3) |
| Years of observation | |||||
| 0–19 | 710 (22.3) | 2,465 (25.2) | 473 (24.3) | 1,506 (25.2) | 486 (26.4) |
| 20–39 | 1,420 (44.6) | 4,856 (49.7) | 897 (46.1) | 3,096 (51.8) | 863 (46.9) |
| ≥40 | 1,056 (33.2) | 2,448 (25.1) | 577 (29.6) | 1,379 (23.1) | 492 (26.7) |
| Race | |||||
| White | 2,999 (95.0) | 8,110 (98.8) | 1,386 (98.6) | 4,934 (98.6) | 1,790 (99.2) |
| Black | 152 (4.8) | 95 (0.1) | 19 (1.4) | 63 (1.3) | 13 (0.7) |
| Other | 7 (0.2) | 6 (0.01) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) |
| Unknown | 28 | 0.88 | 1,558 | 16 542 | 979 37 |
| Dysfunctional uterine bleedingc | |||||
| No | 1,256 (39.6) | 647 (7.8) | 193 (12.9) | 267 (5.4) | 187 (10.2) |
| Yes | 1,919 (60.4) | 7,618 (92.2) | 1,306 (87.1) | 4,661 (94.6) | 1,651 (89.8) |
| Unknown | 11 | 1,504 | 448 | 1,053 | 3 |
| Hysterectomy | |||||
| No | 2,618 (83.5) | 6,493 (90.4) | 969 (88.1) | 3,848 (89.9) | 1,676 (93.1) |
| Yes | 516 (16.5) | 689 (9.6) | 131 (11.9) | 433 (10.1) | 125 (6.9) |
| Unknown | 52 | 2,607 | 867 | 1,700 | 4 |
| Oophorectomy | |||||
| No | 2,585 (85.9) | 5,101 (84.6) | 876 (82.4) | 2,649 (82.3) | 1,576 (89.9) |
| Unilateral | 205 (6.8) | 471 (7.8) | 102 (9.6) | 267 (8.3) | 102 (5.1) |
| Bilateral | 199 (6.6) | 433 (7.2) | 75 (7.1) | 289 (9.0) | 69 (3.9) |
| NOSd | 22 (0.7) | 28 (0.5) | 10 (0.9) | 12 (0.4) | 6 (0.3) |
| Unknown | 175 | 3,736 | 884 | 2,764 | 88 |
a
Radiotherapy.
b
Percentages are shown, with exception of unknown.
c
Dysfunctional uterine bleeding at the time of benign gynecologic diagnosis.
d
Not otherwise specified.