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Table 1 Clinical and treatment characteristics for maximum involvement of biopsy core (MIBC) stratified by quartile

From: The role of the maximum involvement of biopsy core in predicting outcome for patients treated with dose-escalated radiation therapy for prostate cancer

Variable

MIBC by quartile

 

1st(<10%)

2nd(<30%)

3rd(<70%)

4th(≥70%)

p

Patients (n)

144

135

147

164

 

Age (y), median (IQR)

68 (62–73)

69 (63–74)

69 (62–74)

71 (64–75)

0.48*

PSA (ng/mL), median (IQR)

7.6 (5.3-10.6)

7.2 (4.9-10.4)

7.5 (5.0-12.2)

10.4 (6.7-20.4)

<0.001*

 <10

70%

73%

65%

48%

<0.0001

 10-20

23%

17%

25%

27%

 

 ≥20

7%

10%

10%

26%

 

T-stage

    

<0.0001

 T1-T2a

91%

92%

79%

59%

 

 T2b-T2c

6%

4%

17%

26%

 

 T3-T4

3%

4%

4%

15%

 

Gleason score

    

<0.0001

 2-6

67%

54%

22%

8%

 

 7

26%

39%

60%

49%

 

 8

5%

6%

10%

17%

 

 9-10

2%

1%

8%

26%

 

Percent cores positive

17% (13-33%)

25% (17-40%)

41% (25-58%)

63% (46-83%)

<0.001*

Percent cancer volume

0.8% (0.5-1.7%)

2.9% (1.9-5.0%)

11.7% (6.7-18.8%)

33.6% (20.8-48.9%)

<0.001*

NCCN risk group

    

<0.0001

 Low

52%

37%

14%

5%

 

 Intermediate

35%

45%

59%

39%

 

 High

13%

18%

27%

56%

 

RT dose (Gy), median (IQR)

77 (76–78)

77 (76–78)

77 (77–78)

78 (77–78)

<0.001*

Pelvic RT

12%

17%

25%

55%

<0.0001

ADT use

29%

31%

35%

66%

<0.0001

ADT duration, median (IQR)

6.9 (6.0-18.7)

6.1 (4.0-18.7)

6.4 (6.0-24.4)

20.9 (6.3-25.6)

0.2*

  1. Abbreviations: IQR = inter-quartile range; PSA = prostate-specific antigen; NCCN = National Comprehensive Cancer Network; RT = radiotherapy; ADT = androgen deprivation therapy.
  2. *Analysis of variance.
  3. Chi-square test.