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. 2016 Aug;7(4):580–587. doi: 10.21037/jgo.2016.03.14

Table 1. Comparison of complete cohort patient demographics among different forms of radiation treatment.

Variable EBRT [%] EBRT + brachytherapy [%] P value
Total patients 1,188 [93] 91 [7]
Sex 0.769
   Female 528 [44] 39 [43]
   Male 660 [56] 52 [57]
Race 0.431
   White 961 [81] 72 [79]
   Black 64 [5] 3 [3]
   Other 162 [14] 16 [18]
Year of diagnosis <0.001
   1973–1979 67 [6] 1 [1]
   1980–1989 200 [17] 18 [20]
   1990–1999 196 [16] 37 [41]
   2000–2011 725 [61] 35 [38]
Grade 0.761
   Grade I 99 [25] 6 [19]
   Grade II 153 [39] 14 [45]
   Grade III 134 [34] 11 [35]
Surgery recommendation 0.988
   Not recommended 848 [72] 65 [71]
   Recommended 338 [28] 26 [29]
SEER stage 0.002
   Localized 263 [26] 30 [45]
   Regional 487 [49] 29 [43]
   Distant 251 [25] 8 [12]

P values computed from Pearson’s χ2 test. EBRT, external beam radiation therapy; SEER, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results.