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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with advanced prostate cancer in the training set

From: Modified the 8th AJCC staging system for patients with advanced prostate cancer: a study based on SEER database

Variables

Total (n = 16,803)

Alive (n = 15,299)

Dead (n = 1504)

Statistics

P

Age (years), mean ± SD

63.66 ± 7.80

63.19 ± 7.38

68.45 ± 10.07

t=-19.75

< 0.001

Race, n (%)

   

χ2 = 21.517

< 0.001

Blacks

2222 (13.22)

1977 (12.92)

245 (16.29)

  

Other (American Indian/AK Native, Asia

1065 (6.34)

972 (6.35)

93 (6.18)

  

Unknown

166 (0.99)

162 (1.06)

4 (0.27)

  

Whites

13,350 (79.45)

12,188 (79.67)

1162 (77.26)

  

Marital status, n (%)

   

χ2 = 133.345

< 0.001

Divorced

1246 (7.42)

1093 (7.14)

153 (10.17)

  

Married

11,986 (71.33)

11,077 (72.40)

909 (60.44)

  

Separated

142 (0.85)

120 (0.78)

22 (1.46)

  

Single

1937 (11.53)

1716 (11.22)

221 (14.69)

  

Unknown

997 (5.93)

902 (5.90)

95 (6.32)

  

Unmarried or Domestic Partner

49 (0.29)

43 (0.28)

6 (0.40)

  

Widowed

446 (2.65)

348 (2.27)

98 (6.52)

  

Insurance status, n (%)

   

χ2 = 106.765

< 0.001

Any Medicaid

1006 (5.99)

837 (5.47)

169 (11.24)

  

Insurance status unknown

358 (2.13)

318 (2.08)

40 (2.66)

  

Insured

12,589 (74.92)

11,597 (75.80)

992 (65.96)

  

Insured/No specifics

2543 (15.13)

2268 (14.82)

275 (18.28)

  

Uninsured

307 (1.83)

279 (1.82)

28 (1.86)

  

Histology, n (%)

   

χ2 = 43.039

< 0.001

adenocarcinoma

205 (1.22)

160 (1.05)

45 (2.99)

  

Non-adenocarcinoma

16,598 (98.78)

15,139 (98.95)

1459 (97.01)

  

Stage, n (%)

   

χ2 = 1722.360

< 0.001

Distant site/node involved

1143 (6.80)

537 (3.51)

606 (40.29)

  

Localized only

12 (0.07)

12 (0.08)

0 (0.00)

  

Regional by direct extension and lymph nodes

1868 (11.12)

1689 (11.04)

179 (11.90)

  

Regional by direct extension only

13,778 (82.00)

13,059 (85.36)

719 (47.81)

  

Regional by direct extension only

2 (0.01)

2 (0.01)

0 (0.00)

  

Tumor size (mm), M (Q1, Q3)

114.00 (33.00, 114.00)

114.00 (31.00, 114.00)

114.00 (114.00, 114.00)

Z = 14.757

< 0.001

Radiotherapy, n (%)

   

χ2 = 8.408

0.004

No/Unknown

14,178 (84.38)

12,870 (84.12)

1308 (86.97)

  

Yes

2625 (15.62)

2429 (15.88)

196 (13.03)

  

Surgery, n (%)

   

χ2 = 1588.610

< 0.001

No/Unknown

2345 (13.96)

1624 (10.62)

721 (47.94)

  

Surgery performed

14,458 (86.04)

13,675 (89.38)

783 (52.06)

  

Chemotherapy, n (%)

   

χ2 = 214.788

< 0.001

No/unknown

16,530 (98.38)

15,119 (98.82)

1411 (93.82)

  

Yes

273 (1.62)

180 (1.18)

93 (6.18)

  

T stage, n (%)

   

χ2 = 1067.498

< 0.001

T3a

9258 (55.10)

8837 (57.76)

421 (27.99)

  

T3b

4976 (29.61)

4544 (29.70)

432 (28.72)

  

T4

2569 (15.29)

1918 (12.54)

651 (43.28)

  

N stage, n (%)

   

χ2 = 460.789

< 0.001

N0

14,343 (85.36)

13,340 (87.20)

1003 (66.69)

  

N1

2460 (14.64)

1959 (12.80)

501 (33.31)

  

M stage, n (%)

   

χ2 = 2881.475

< 0.001

M0

15,709 (93.49)

14,793 (96.69)

916 (60.90)

  

M1

1094 (6.51)

506 (3.31)

588 (39.10)

  

AJCC 8th, n (%)

   

χ2 = 3090.351

< 0.001

IIIB

13,307 (79.19)

12,686 (82.92)

621 (41.29)

  

IIIC

520 (3.09)

410 (2.68)

110 (7.31)

  

IVA

1882 (11.20)

1697 (11.09)

185 (12.30)

  

IVB

1094 (6.51)

506 (3.31)

588 (39.10)

  

PSA (mg/ml), M (Q1, Q3)

0.09 (0.06, 0.18)

0.08 (0.05, 0.16)

0.22 (0.08, 0.98)

Z = 24.425

< 0.001

Primary Gleason pattern scores, mean ± SD

3.63 ± 0.61

3.58 ± 0.59

4.07 ± 0.66

t=-27.63

< 0.001

Secondary Gleason pattern scores, mean ± SD

3.84 ± 0.70

3.80 ± 0.68

4.21 ± 0.73

t=-21.29

< 0.001

Survival months, M (Q1, Q3)

42.00 (23.00, 63.00)

44.00 (25.00, 64.00)

26.00 (14.00, 42.00)

Z=-25.322

< 0.001

  1. Note: AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; PSA, prostate-specific antigen