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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Improvement in toxicity in high risk prostate cancer patients treated with image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy compared to 3D conformal radiotherapy without daily image guidance

Categorical characteristic

3DCRT n = 115

IG-IMRT n = 388

P value

 

No patients (%)

No patients (%)

 

Performance status

  

0.180

  0

110 (96)

367 (95)

 

  1

5 (4)

21 (5)

 

Comorbidity*

  

0.070

  Yes

66 (60)

215 (56)

 

  No

44 (40)

166 (44)

 

Smoking#

  

0.091

  Yes

30 (32)

106 (29)

 

  No

65 (68)

255 (71)

 

T-stage

  

0.190

  ≤T2a

19 (17)

96 (25)

 

  T2b

3 (2)

10 (2)

 

  ≥T2c

92 (81)

281 (73)

 

Gleason score

  

<0.001

  5-6

42 (44)

49 (13)

 

  7

21 (22)

197 (51)

 

  8-10

33 (34)

141 (36)

 

Adjuvant ADT

  

0.019

  Yes

72 (88)

350 (95)

 

  No

10 (12)

20 (5)

 

Type of ADT

  

0.054

  GnRH agonist

100 (89)

365 (95)

 

  Antiandrogen

12 (11)

21 (5)

 

Continuous characteristic

Median (range)

Median (range)

P value

Age (y)

63 (52–75)

66 (49–76)

<0.001

PSA (ng/ml)

32.7 (4.2-150)

24.9 (4.2-200)

<0.001

PPB† (%)

75 (17–100)

67 (5–100)

0.006

Follow-up (yr)

8.2 (0.1-12.5)

3.5 (0.3-7.1)

<0.001

  1. *Any comorbidity at the time of diagnosis.
  2. #Smoking at the time of diagnosis.
  3. †Percentage of positive (malignant) biopsies.