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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 28.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Jul 12;85(3):686–692. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.05.023

Table 1.

Baseline Demographic and Clinical Characteristics

Characteristic Number
(N=1002)
%
Age (year)
Median (range) 70 (46–93)
Tumor Stage
≤T1c, T2a 719 72
T2b–T2c 141 14
≥T3a 120 12
Unknown (Tx) 22 2
Gleason Score
2 – 6 306 30.5
7 490 48.9
8 – 10 206 20.6
PSA
≤10 ng/mL 668 66.7
>10 ng/mL 334 33.3
Risk group
Very Low risk 96 9.6
Low risk* 100 10
Low risk 196 19.6
Intermediate risk 462 46.1
High risk 344 34.3
ADT use
Yes 589 58.8
Duration ≤6 months 277 47
Duration >6 months 312 53
Percent Core Involvement
Median (range) (%) 37.5 (4–100)
IPSS
Total Available 640 64
Median (range) 8 (0 – 35)
≤15 542 85
>15 98 15
Baseline Sexual Function
Full Potency 427 42.7
Partial Potency 277 27.6
Impotent 267 26.6
Unknown 31 3.1

Note: Risk grouping based upon the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) risk classification.

Abbreviations: ADT, androgen-deprivation therapy; IPSS, International Prostate Symptom Score; PSA, prostate-specific antigen

*

New NCCN low-risk group, excluding very-low-risk patients

Classic NCCN low risk group that combines the new very low risk and low risk groups together