Table 1.
Frequency Distribution of Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics According to Tumor Histologic Type for Adolescent and Young Adult Men 15–39 Years of Age with Testicular Cancer, 1988–2010 California
| All histologiesa | Seminoma | Nonseminoma | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 14,249 | N = 7071 | N = 7045 | ||||
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 8672 | (60.9%) | 4471 | (63.2%) | 4137 | (58.7%) |
| Black | 255 | (1.8%) | 141 | (2.0%) | 101 | (1.4%) |
| Asian/PI | 539 | (3.8%) | 294 | (4.2%) | 238 | (3.4%) |
| Hispanic | 4535 | (31.8%) | 2042 | (28.9%) | 2446 | (34.7%) |
| Other | 248 | (1.7%) | 123 | (1.7%) | 123 | (1.7%) |
| Neighborhood SES | ||||||
| High | 2803 | (19.7%) | 1430 | (20.2%) | 1352 | (19.2%) |
| Middle | 6291 | (44.2%) | 3216 | (45.5%) | 3031 | (43.0%) |
| Low | 5155 | (36.2%) | 2425 | (34.3%) | 2662 | (37.8%) |
| Age at diagnosis | ||||||
| 15–24 | 3555 | (24.9%) | 794 | (11.2%) | 2696 | (38.3%) |
| 25–39 | 10694 | (75.1%) | 6277 | (88.8%) | 4349 | (61.7%) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 5568 | (39.1%) | 3332 | (47.1%) | 2205 | (31.3%) |
| Not married | 8308 | (58.3%) | 3555 | (50.3%) | 4657 | (66.1%) |
| Unknown | 373 | (2.6%) | 184 | (2.6%) | 183 | (2.6%) |
| Year of diagnosis | ||||||
| 1988–1995 | 4657 | (32.7%) | 2452 | (34.7%) | 2173 | (30.8%) |
| 1996–2003 | 4801 | (33.7%) | 2447 | (34.6%) | 2306 | (32.7%) |
| 2004–2010 | 4791 | (33.6%) | 2172 | (30.7%) | 2566 | (36.4%) |
| Stage at diagnosis | ||||||
| Local | 9346 | (65.6%) | 5517 | (78.0%) | 3773 | (53.6%) |
| Regional | 2690 | (18.9%) | 1043 | (14.8%) | 1623 | (23.0%) |
| Metastatic | 1997 | (14.0%) | 418 | (5.9%) | 1547 | (22.0%) |
| Unknown | 216 | (1.5%) | 93 | (1.3%) | 102 | (1.4%) |
| Surgery | ||||||
| No | 335 | (2.4%) | 135 | (1.9%) | 189 | (2.7%) |
| Yes | 13914 | (97.6%) | 6936 | (98.1%) | 6856 | (97.3%) |
| Radiotherapy | ||||||
| No | 9958 | (69.9%) | 2959 | (41.8%) | 6886 | (97.7%) |
| Yes | 4291 | (30.1%) | 4112 | (58.2%) | 159 | (2.3%) |
| Chemotherapy | ||||||
| No | 9378 | (65.8%) | 5924 | (83.8%) | 3382 | (48.0%) |
| Yes | 4684 | (32.9%) | 1081 | (15.3%) | 3546 | (50.3%) |
| Unknown | 187 | (1.3%) | 66 | (0.9%) | 117 | (1.7%) |
| Time to treatment (days) | ||||||
| 0 | 10562 | (74.1%) | 5401 | (76.4%) | 5073 | (72.0%) |
| 1–14 | 2792 | (19.6%) | 1228 | (17.4%) | 1537 | (21.8%) |
| 15–30 | 528 | (3.7%) | 273 | (3.9%) | 250 | (3.5%) |
| 31–60 | 185 | (1.3%) | 83 | (1.2%) | 100 | (1.4%) |
| 60+ | 182 | (1.3%) | 86 | (1.2%) | 85 | (1.2%) |
| Cause of death | ||||||
| Alive | 12891 | (90.5%) | 6588 | (93.2%) | 6205 | (88.1%) |
| Deceased | ||||||
| Testicular cancer | 627 | (4.4%) | 132 | (1.9%) | 473 | (6.7%) |
| Other cancer | 201 | (1.4%) | 80 | (1.1%) | 113 | (1.6%) |
| Non-cancer | 436 | (3.1%) | 230 | (3.3%) | 202 | (2.9%) |
| Unknown | 94 | (0.7%) | 41 | (0.6%) | 52 | (0.7%) |
a
“All histologies” includes seminoma, nonseminoma, and other histologies.
PI, Pacific Islander; SES, socioeconomic status.