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Table 3 Five-year survival rates among testicular cancer patients from different racial groups, stratified by age, marital status, stage at diagnosis, location, and treatment

From: Racial differences in testicular cancer in the United States: descriptive epidemiology

Survival rates

Total

NHW

HW

Black

API

P-value

All ages

94.4

95.0

92.3

88.8

91.7

 

(94.1–94.6)

(94.7–95.3)

(91.5–93.0)

(86.6–90.6)

(89.9–93.1)

 0–39

94.4

95.2

92.1.

88.9

92.2

0.003

(94.1–94.7)

(94.9–95.5)

(91.2–92.8)

(86.3–91.1)

(90.3–93.7)

 

 40–64

94.9

95.3

93.8

88.9

92.3

0.012

(94.4–95.4)

(94.7–95.8)

(91.6–95.4)

(84.2–92.3)

(88.3–94.9)

 

 65+

82.8

84.1

79.0

46.9

65.6

0.008

(77.4–87.1)

(78.2–88.5)

(57.5–90.5)

(12.7–75.7)

(41.9–81.6)

 

Marital status

 Single

92.1

92.9

90.3

86.2

90.0

< 0.001

(91.7–92.5)

(92.4–93.4)

(89.2–91.4)

(83.0–88.8)

(87.4–92.0)

 

 Married

96.7

97.0

95.6

92.4

93.5

< 0.001

(96.4–97.0)

(96.7–97.4)

(94.5–96.5)

(88.7–94.9)

(90.9–95.4)

 

 Separated/D/W

90.3

90.8

865

87.8

91.8

0.221

(88.8–91.6)

(89.2–92.2)

(81.3–90.3)

(76.8–93.8)

(80.3–96.7)

 

Stage at diagnosis

 Localized

98.7

98.9

98.2

97.1

97.8

0.002

(98.5–98.9)

(98.6–99.1)

(97.5–98.7)

(94.9–98.3)

(96.2–98.7)

 

 Regional

94.9

95.3

94.5

87.7

91.0

0.009

(94.3–95.4)

(94.6–95.9)

(92.8–95.8)

(82.0–91.7)

(86.3–94.1)

 

 Distant

69.6

71.0

67.5

58.4

62.8

< 0.001

(68.2–70.9)

(69.4–72.5)

(64.3–70.4)

(50.6–65.5)

(55.2–69.5)

 

Location

 Undescended

93.4

93.7

92.0

90.7

95.5

< 0.001

 testis

(91.1–95.2)

(90.7–95.8)

(85.2–95.8)

(75.9–96.6)

(83.8–98.8)

 

 Descended

95.6

96.8

92.6

91.1

93.1

< 0.001

 testis

(95.2–96.0)

(96.3–97.2)

(91.4–93.6)

(86.5–94.2)

(89.8–95.3)

 

 Testis (NOS)

93.8

94.3

92.1

87.8

90.7

< 0.001

(93.5–94.1)

(94.0–94.7)

(91.0–93.1)

(84.9–90.1)

(88.5–92.5)

 

Histologic subtype

 Seminomas

97.9

98.1

97.3

96.4

96.6

< 0.001

(97.6–98.2)

(97.8–98.4)

(96.5–98.0)

(93.9–97.9)

(94.7–97.8)

 

 Teratomas

93.0

93.8

90.8

84.7

90.7

< 0.001

(92.5–93.5)

(93.2–94.4)

(89.3–92.1)

(78.8–89.0)

(86.7–93.5)

 

 ECs

91.2

91.4

90.7

79.2

89.4

< 0.001

(90.4–92.0)

(90.5–92.3)

(88.2–92.8)

(69.0–86.4)

(83.3–93.4)

 

 Non-seminomas

83.8

87.1

74.5

76.1

75.9

< 0.001

(81.2–86.0)

(84.1–89.5)

(67.8–80.0)

(58.5–87.0)

(58.4–86.9)

 

Treatment

 Surgery

97.0

97.2

96.6

91.6

96.7

0.259

(96.5–97.4)

(96.6–97.6)

(94.6–97.9)

(86.2–95.0)

(90.2–98.4)

 

 Chemotherapy

57.2

56.2

68.7

38.2

58.7

< 0.001

(51.8–62.3)

(49.8–62.0)

(53.1–80.0)

(17.4–58.9)

(80.8–89.5)

 

 Radiation

83.9

86.9

66.7

50.3

97.3

< 0.001

(72.5–90.9)

(75.0–93.3)

(5.4–94.5)

(0.6–981.2)

(93.5–98.9)

 

 RS

99.1

99.1

99.5

98.3

98.0

0.007

(98.7–99.4)

(98.6–99.4)

(97.5–99.9)

(93.3–99.6)

(95.0–99.2)

 

 CS

89.5

89.9

89.6

84.4

83.8

0.003

(88.7–90.3)

(89.0–90.7)

(86.6–92.0)

(77.7–89.3)

(78.4–88.0)

 

 CR

36.0

44.9

18.8

40.2

40.7

< 0.001

(22.0–50.1)

(26.8–61.4)

(1.1–53.7)

(5.2–75.5)

(19.8–60.8)

 

 CRS

63.4

65.6

59.5

65.1

43.9

0.946

(58.4–67.9)

(60.0–70.6)

(43.2–72.6)

(37.8–82.8)

(19.9–65.7)

 
  1. Cancers were diagnosed in the period from 1973 to 2010 and followed up to 12/31/2015 using data in the SEER 9 database. Data are estimated rates (95% confidence intervals). ECs: embryonal carcinomas.
  2. NHW non-Hispanic whites, HW Hispanic whites, API Asians and Pacific Islanders, ECs embryonal carcinomas, RS radiotherapy plus surgery, CS chemotherapy plus surgery, CR chemotherapy plus radiotherapy, CRS chemotherapy plus radiotherapy plus surgery