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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: The prognosis benefits of adjuvant versus salvage radiotherapy for patients after radical prostatectomy with adverse pathological features: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Reference

Study type

Country

Study period

Sample size (n)

Follow-up time (months)

Total

ART

SRT

ART

SRT

Briganti 2012

match-controlled

Italy

1991–2007

780

390

390

Median (IQR):71.9 (39–103)

Median (IQR):41 (10–60)

Buscariollo 2017

retrospective cohort

United States

1992–2013

401

171

230

Median (IQR):89 (55–158)

Median (IQR):96 (63–130)

Fossati 2016

retrospective cohort

Italy

1996–2009

510

243

267

Median (IQR):94 (53–126)

Median (IQR):92 (70–136)

Hwang 2018

retrospective cohort

United States

1987–2013

732

366

366

Median (IQR):65.8 (40–107)

Median (IQR):73.3 (44.9–106.6)

Borghetti 2017

retrospective cohort

Italy

1999–2012

258

127

131

Overall median:50.7

–

Hervas 2017

retrospective cohort

Spain

1991–2011

702

223

479

Overall median (range):34 (3–141)

–

Mishra 2015

retrospective cohort

United States

1990–2009

186

74

112

Overall median (range):103 (30–247)

–

Hsu 2015

retrospective cohort

United States

1995–2009

305

76

229

Overall median (range):74 (7–256)

–

Tilki 2016

retrospective cohort

Germany

2005–2013

718

213

505

Overall median (IQR):33.8 (17.1–49.0)

–

Detti 2012

retrospective cohort

Italy

1995–2010

307

203

104

Mean ± SD:3.3 ± 2.3

Mean ± SD:4.5 ± 2.5

Ost 2011

match-controlled

Belgium

1999–2009

178

89

89

Median (range):36 (3–120)

Median (range):36 (3–120)

Trabulsi 2008

matched-Control

United States

1987–2002

192

96

96

Median (range):97 (30–207)

Median (range):94 (26–190)

Tsien 2003

retrospective cohort

United States

1986–1997

95

38

57

Median (range):10.1 (4.8–14.5)

Median (range):8.8 (2.0–17.0)

Taylor 2003

retrospective cohort

United States

1988–1998

146

75

71

Median:68

Median:39

  1. ART: adjuvant radiotherapy; SRT: salvage radiotherapy; IQR: interquartile range; SD: standard deviation