Table 1.
Demographics table (n = 24).
| Median (range) age, years | 43 (33–70) |
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| Gender, n (%) | |
| Men | 22 (91.7) |
| Women | 2 (8.3) |
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| Race/ethnicity, n (%) | |
| White | 15 (62.5) |
| Black | 1 (4.2) |
| Other | 8 (33.3) |
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| Type of provider, n (%) | |
| Urologist | 20 (83.3) |
| Radiation oncologist | 3 (12.5) |
| Naturopathic doctor | 1 (4.2) |
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| Years in practice | |
| Median (range) | 10 (1–40) |
| Mean (SD) | 14.3 (11.8) |
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| Practice location (multiple affiliations possible), n (%) | |
| Academic | 18 (75.0) |
| VA Medical Center | 5 (20.8) |
| Military Hospital | 1 (4.2) |
| Private practice | 2 (8.3) |
| Private hospital | 1 (4.2) |
| Public hospital | 1 (4.2) |
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| Geographical location, n (%) | |
| New England | 4 (16.7) |
| Middle Atlantic | 9 (37.5) |
| Midwest | 2 (8.3) |
| South | 8 (33.3) |
| West | 1 (4.2) |
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| Practice at multiple institutions: yes, n (%) | 9 (37.5) |
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| Primary expertise, n (%) | |
| Prostate cancer | 12 (50.0) |
| Urological oncology | 8 (33.3) |
| Naturopathic doctor | 1 (4.2) |
| Other | 3 (12.5) |
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| Proportion of practice managing prostate cancer, n (%) | |
| 0–25% | 5 (20.8) |
| 25–50% | 7 (29.2) |
| 50–75% | 8 (33.3) |
| 75–100% | 4 (16.7) |
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| Approximate number of surveillance patients, median (range) | 20 (0–700) |