Table 1 Prostate cancer treatment distribution for localized poorly differentiated and locally advanced PCa cases diagnosed between 2005 and 2015 by treatment status (n = 5, 361)
Variables | Levels | Total number of cases | Received RT only (n, %) | Received HT only (n, %) | Received both treatments (n, %) | Received none of the treatments (n, %) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age at diagnosis, median (IQR) | 73 (69–76) | 73 (68–75) | 74 (70–77) | 73 (69–76) | 73 (68–76) | |
Stage | Poorly differentiated | 3, 546 | 804 (22.7) | 1042 (29.4) | 974 (27.4) | 726 (20.5) |
Locally advanced | 1, 815 | 238 (13.1) | 741 (40.8) | 507 (27.9) | 329 (18.1) | |
Tumor grade a | Low | 461 | 59 (12.8) | 196 (42.5) | 129 (28.0) | 77 (16.7) |
High | 4, 683 | 950 (20.3) | 1500 (32.0) | 1315 (28.1) | 918 (19.6) | |
German index of socio-economic deprivation (GISD)b | Wealthiest | 47 | 8 (17.0) | 13 (27.7) | 20 (42.5) | 6 (12.8) |
Wealthy | 275 | 55 (20.0) | 98 (35.6) | 82 (29.8) | 40 (14.5) | |
Medium | 306 | 114 (37.2) | 52 (17.0) | 123 (40.2) | 17 (5.6) | |
Poor | 1, 739 | 277 (15.9) | 662 (38.1) | 455 (26.2) | 345 (19.8) | |
Poorest | 2, 566 | 502 (19.6) | 662 (32.9) | 713 (27.8) | 513 (20.0) | |
S3-Guideline era | Pre-guideline era | 1, 834 | 320 (17.4) | 838 (32.6) | 532 (29.0) | 284 (15.5) |
Guideline era | 3, 527 | 722 (20.5) | 1085 (30.7) | 949 (26.9) | 771 (21.8) | |
German federal states | Schleswig-Holstein | 701 | 261 (37.2) | 82 (11.7) | 335 (47.8) | 23 (3.3) |
Brandenburg | 1, 393 | 239 (17.2) | 536 (38.5) | 412 (29.6) | 206 (14.8) | |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 726 | 137 (18.9) | 192 (26.4) | 210 (28.9) | 187 (25.8) | |
Saxony | 1, 913 | 173 (9.0) | 860 (45.0) | 378 (19.8) | 502 (26.2) | |
Thuringia | 628 | 232 (36.9) | 113 (18.0) | 146 (23.3) | 137 (21.8) | |
Total | Â | 5, 361 | 1042 (19.4) | 1783 (33.3) | 1481 (27.6) | 1055 (19.7) |