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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Scand J Urol. 2017 Dec 18;52(1):27–37. doi: 10.1080/21681805.2017.1411392

Table 1. Prostate cancer (PC) cases, risk group distribution, management, and deaths after 18 yr for screening and control groups.

Control (n=9949) Screening (n=9950)

All (n=9950) Attendees (n=7647) Non-attendees (n=2303)

n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
PC cases 962 (9.7) 1396 (14) 1272 (17) 124 (5.4)

PC stage,
 Low-riska 254 (2.6) 699 (7.0) 682 (8.9) 17 (0.74)
 Intermediate-riskb 359 (3.6) 470 (4.7) 438 (5.7) 32 (1.4)
 High-riskc 170 (1.7) 135 (1.4) 103 (1.3) 32 (1.4)
 Advancedd 118 (1.2) 67 (0.67) 34 (0.44) 33 (1.4)
 Missinge 61 (0.61)e 25 (0.25) 15 (0.20) 10 (0.43)

Primary treatment
 Surveillancef 321/962 (33) 608/1396 (44) 583/1272 (46) 25/124 (20)
 Radical prostatectomyg 304/962 (32) 529/1396 (38) 499/1272 (39) 30/124 (24)
 Radiation 95/962 (9.9) 109/1396 (7.8) 95/1272 (7.5) 14/124 (11)
 Endocrine treatment 223/962 (23) 137/1396 (9.8) 84/1272 (6.6) 53/124 (43)
 Not treatede 19/962 (2.0)e 10/1396 (0.72) 9/1272 (0.71) 1/124 (0.81)
 Missing - 3/1396 (0.21) 2/1272 (0.16) 1/124 (0.81)

Metastatic prostate cancer 179 (1.8) 116 (1.2) 69 (0.9) 47 (2.0)

Deaths from PC 122 (1.23) 79 (0.79) 51 (0.67) 28 (1.2)
Deaths from other causes 2735 (27) 2765 (28) 1712 (22) 1053 (46)
a

T1, not N1 or M1, and Gleason score ≤6 and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) <10 ng/ml.

b

T1–2, not N1 or M1, with Gleason score ≤7, PSA <20 ng/ml or both; and not meeting the criteria for low risk.

c

T1–4, not N1 or M1, with Gleason score ≥8, PSA <100 ng/ml, or both; and not meeting the criteria for low or intermediate risk.

d

N1 or M1, or PSA ≥100 ng/ml.

e

Includes eight cases detected at autopsy.

f

Includes active surveillance and watchful waiting.

g

Includes nine cryosurgeries and 12 cystoprostatectomies.