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Table 3 Analysis of the differences of this assessment to baseline studies: only presenting colo-rectal, prostate and breast cancer (more 6 cases)

From: Assessment of cancers’ diagnostic stage in a Deaf community - survey about 4363 Deaf patients recorded in French units

Type of cancer

(number of Deaf cases)

Stage

Number observed in the sample studied (nomber)

% of the reference population

p-values.

fisher’s exact test

Baseline studies

Colo-rectal (n = 6)

I/II

47% (17584)

0.03

PETRI (Fr) [24]

(37,413 patients)

III/IV

100% (6)

47% (17622)

NDa

6% (2207)

Prostate (n = 11)

T1–2/N0

18% (2)

87% (1889)

0.04

« Cancer de la prostate en France en 2001 » [21]

(2181 patients)

T3+ or N+ or M+

64% (7)

13% (292)

NDa

18% (2)

Breast (n = 15)

T1

33% (5)

66% (18404)

0.02

« Breast cancer incidence: Decreasing trend in large tumours in women aged 50–74 » [22]

(28,092 patients)

T2+

60% (9)

34% (9688)

NDa

7% (1)

N0

53% (8)

63% (17696)

0.58

N+

40% (6)

33% (9205)

NDa

7% (1)

4% (1191)

M0

93% (14)

90.5% (25434)

1

M+

1 (6.7%)

4.5% (1268)

NDa

5% (1390)

  1. aND: Not Definited