Table 1.

Patient characteristics (a), and co-morbidities status (b) (118 patients).

	Mean	Median	Range		No. of patients
(a) Patient characteristics
Age (years)	66.5	67	51–79
PSA (ng/ml) before RP	13.57	9	1.9–120
Pathological stage				T2a	6
				T2b	7
				T2c	24
				T3a	43
				T3b	37
				T4	1
Surgical margins				Positive	52
				Negative	66
Gleason score				6	21
				7 (3 + 4)	31
				7 (4 + 3)	30
				8	25
				9	11
PSA (ng/ml) before EBRT	0.86	0.16	0–19.7
Treatment setting				Post-operative	80
				Salvage	38
Pre-EBRT urinary symptomsa				Yes	33
				No	85
Androgen deprivation therapy				Yes	46
				No	72
(b) Co-morbidities status
Diabetes				Yes	9
				No	109
Colitis				Yes	2
				No	116
Smoking abitude				Yes	48
				No	70
Abdominal surgery				Yes	47
				No	71
Antihypertensive medication				Yes	46
				No	72
Anticoagulants				Yes	22
				No	96

Abbreviations: RP = radical prostatectomy; EBRT = external beam radiation therapy.

^aStress incontinence.