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Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Oct 23;85(1):10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.08.036. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.08.036

Table 3.

Overall survival based on patient, tumor and treatment characteristics.

Characteristics N (events) Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis*

p-value HR 95% CI p-value HR 95% CI

Pre-RT PSA (ng/ml)
 <0.5 81 (15) 1.00 1.00
 ≥0.5 115 (39) 0.028 1.95 1.07 – 3.54 0.037 1.95 1.04–3.64
Clinical T Stage
 T1–T2a 55 (10) 1.00
 T2b–T2c 47 (12) 0.60 0.79 0.34 – 1.86
 T3–T4 88 (32) 0.63 0.83 0.40 – 1.73
Gleason Score
 5–6 15 (4) 1.00 1.00
 7 57 (17) 0.25 1.92 0.64 – 5.77 0.37 1.69 0.54–5.25
 8–10 124 (33) 0.39 1.59 0.56 – 4.51 0.63 1.30 0.44–3.86
iPSA (ng/ml)
 ≤10 60 (11) 1.00
 10.1–20 41 (10) 0.96 0.98 0.41 – 2.32
 >20 95 (33) 0.36 1.38 0.69 – 2.75
iPSA (ng/ml) 196 (54) 0.80 1.00 0.99 – 1.01
Duration of neoadjuvant ADT (mo) 194 (54) 0.96 1.00 0.85 – 1.18
Total duration of ADT (yrs)
 <1 39 ( 6) 1.00 1.00
 1–2 60 (14) 0.17 1.95 0.75 – 5.10 0.093 2.31 0.87–6.13
 >2 95 (34) 0.12 1.98 0.83 – 4.72 0.14 2.01 0.80–5.02
Type of neoadjuvant ADT
 LH/RH monotherapy/orchiectomy 137 (43)
 Total androgen blockade 59 (11) 0.41 0.76 0.39 – 1.47
Age 196 (54) 0.74 1.01 0.97 – 1.05
Race
 Others 169 (43) 1.00 1.00
 African-American 27 (11) 0.048 1.95 1.01 – 3.79 0.22 1.57 0.76–3.28
Radiation dose (Gy) 196 (54) 0.82 1.01 0.93 – 1.09

Abbreviations: pre-RT PSA = pre- radiation therapy prostate specific antigen, iPSA = pre-treatment prostate specific antigen, ADT = androgen deprivation therapy, HR = hazard ration, 95% CI = 95% confidence interval.

*

After univariate analyses, factors that reached a p-value of 0.25 or less were included in a multivariate model.