Pattern of care of prostate cancer patients across the Martinique: results of a population-based study in the Caribbean

Table 3 Treatment according to age and risk classification (N = 452), Martinique, 2013

	All		≤ 64 years		65–74 years		≥ 75 years		P	Risk Classification									P
	All		≤ 64 years		65–74 years		≥ 75 years			Low risk		Intermediate risk		High risk		Regional/metastatic		Unknown
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
	452	100.0	183	40.5	178	39.4	91	20.1		69	17.9	140	36.4	123	31.9	53	13.8	67
Treatment									< 0.0001										< 0.0001
Surgery only	104	23.0	46	25.1	51	28.6	7	7.7		19	27.5	43	30.7	24	19.5	2	3.8	16
Radical prostatectomy	93	89.4	42	91.3	47	92.2	4	57.1		17	89.5	42	97.7	23	95.8	2	100	9
Transurethral resection	11	10.6	4	8.7	4	7.8	3	42.9		2	10.5	1	2.3	1	4.2	0	0	7
External radiotherapy	26	5.7	6	3.3	11	6.2	9	9.9		10	14.5	9	6.4	5	4.1	1	1.9	1
Brachytherapy	45	10.0	34	18.6	8	4.5	3	3.3		27	39.1	16	11.4	0	–	0	–	2
Androgen deprivation only	34	7.5	7	3.8	9	5.1	18	19.8		0	–	3	2.1	8	6.5	18	33.9	5
Combination therapy^a	164	36.3	52	28.4	72	40.4	40	43.9		4	5.9	44	31.5	75	61.0	30	56.6	11
No treatment / watchful waiting/ Active surveillance	79	17.5	38	20.8	27	15.2	14	15.4		9	13.0	25	17.9	11	8.9	2	3.8	32

^aCombination refers to any combination of surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, androgen deprivation, and/or chemotherapy

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