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. 2013 Sep 8;4(4):600–609. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.918

Table 3. Effect of the GC test result on urologists treatment recommendations post radical prostatectomy.

Treatment Recommendation Adjuvant Salvage
Pre-GC Post-GC Pre-GC Change N (%) 95% CI Pre-GC Change N (%) 95% CI
Overall Any Change 240 103 (43%) 37-49% 180 95 (53%) 45-60%
Observation Any Treatment 114 42 (37%) 28-46% 31 19 (61%) 42-78%
Radiation 114 37 (32%) 24-42% 31 12 (39%) 22-58%
Hormone therapy 114 4 (4%) 1-9% 31 0 (0%)
Radiation + Hormone therapy 114 1 (0.9%) 0-5% 31 7 (23%) 10-41%
Other* 114 1 (1%) 0-5% 31 2 (7%) 0.8-21%
Any Treatment Observation 125 34 (27%) 19-35% 143 23 (16%) 11-23%
Radiation Observation 100 31 (31%) 22-41% 82 11 (13%) 7-23%
Hormone therapy Observation 1 1 (100%) 3-100% 6 1 (17%) 0.4-64%
Radiation + Hormone therapy Observation 24 2 (8%) 1-27% 55 11 (20%) 10-33%
Other* Observation 1 1 (100%) 3-100% 6 0 (0%)
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In the advjuant setting, ‘other’ treatment recommendations included: “recheck path” and “medical oncologist and radiation oncologist consult”

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In the salvage setting ‘other’ treatment recommendations included: “DRE, imaging” x3, “DRE, imaging, possible referral to radiation oncologist” x2, and “referral to medical oncologist”