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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Res. 2017 Nov 29;77(23):6770–6776. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-17-0429

Table 2.

Cancer Characteristics of Study Sample by Cancer Site and Race/Ethnicity from Kaiser Permanente Northern California, 1997–2015 (N=83,278)

Patient group American Indian and
Alaskan Natives (582)
Non-Hispanic White
(82,696)
n % n %
All Cancer patients:
AJCC Stage
 Localized 310 53.3 46,852 56.7
 Regional 146 25.1 18,681 22.6
 Distant 113 19.4 15,252 18.4
 Unknown 13 2.2 1,911 2.3
Treatment
 Definitive surgery 345 59.3 46,712 56.5
 Chemotherapy 194 33.3 21,623 26.2
 Radiation therapy 154 26.5 21,926 26.5
 Hormone therapy 111 19.1 18,674 22.6
Vital Status
 Deceased 268 46.1 38,231 46.2
 Alive 314 54.0 44,465 53.8

Prostate Cancer patients:
Follow-up time, years Median (IQR) 4.8 (2.4–9.1) 6.5 (3.4–10.4)
AJCC Stage
 Localized 119 81.0 21,489 82.0
 Regional 15 10.2 2,391 9.1
 Distant 7 4.8 1,389 5.3
 Unknown 6 4.1 936 3.6
Treatment
 Definitive surgery 31 21.1 7,005 26.7
 Chemotherapy 0 0.0 100 0.4
 Radiation therapy 50 34.0 6,860 26.2
 Hormone therapy 40 27.2 6,738 25.7
Vital Status
 Deceased 43 29.3 8,118 31.0
 Alive 104 70.8 18,087 69.0

Breast Cancer Patients:
Follow-up time, years Median (IQR) 4.5 (2.4–8.0) 5.8 (2.9–10.2)
AJCC Stage
 Localized 112 62.6 17,028 66.7
 Regional 59 33.0 7,336 28.7
 Distant 7 3.9 952 3.7
 Unknown 1 0.6 232 0.9
Treatment
 Definitive surgery 170 95.0 24,066 94.2
 Chemotherapy 75 41.9 9,749 38.2
 Radiation therapy 48 26.8 9,018 35.3
 Hormone therapy 71 39.7 11,872 46.5
Vital Status
 Deceased 55 30.7 7,462 29.2
 Alive 124 69.3 18,086 70.8

Lung Cancer Patients:
Follow-up time, years Median (IQR) 0.8 (0.3–2.3) 0.7 (0.2–1.9)
AJCC Stage
 Localized 22 18.0 2,748 16.2
 Regional 25 20.5 3,746 22.1
 Distant 75 61.5 10,049 59.4
 Unknown 0 0.0 390 2.3
Treatment
 Definitive surgery 33 27.1 3,595 21.2
 Chemotherapy 64 52.5 6,548 38.7
 Radiation therapy 27 22.1 4,532 26.8
 Hormone therapy 0 0.0 53 0.3
Vital Status
 Deceased 100 82.0 14,997 88.6
 Alive 22 18.0 1,936 11.4

Colorectal Cancer Patients:
Follow-up time, years Median (IQR) 3.2 (1.1–7.4) 3.3 (1.2–7.4)
AJCC Stage
 Localized 57 42.5 5,587 39.9
 Regional 47 35.1 5,208 37.2
 Distant 24 17.9 2,862 20.4
Unknown 6 4.5 353 2.5
Treatment
 Definitive surgery 111 82.8 12,046 86.0
 Chemotherapy 55 41.0 5,226 37.3
 Radiation therapy 29 21.6 1,516 10.8
 Hormone therapy 0 0.0 11 0.1
Vital Status
 Deceased 70 52.2 7,654 54.6
 Alive 64 47.8 6,356 45.4

Proportions may not equal 100 due to rounding