Table 4 Proportion of patients receiving no active treatment in the year following diagnosis, over time

From: The effect of selection and referral biases for the treatment of localised prostate cancer with surgery or radiation

 

Overall cohort

RadOnc

Urologist alone

 

No treatment (n, %)

Cohort

No treatment (n, %)

Cohort

No treatment (n, %)

Cohort

Low-risk prostate cancer (Gleason ≤6, Stage 1 and PSA <10 ng/mL)

2010

813 (70.5)

1154

153 (41.0)

373

660 (84.5)

781

2011

992 (75.4)

1316

163 (43.7)

373

829 (87.9)

943

2012

690 (82.5)

836

93 (48.4)

192

597 (92.7)

644

2013

246 (78.3)

314

39 (42.9)

91

207 (92.8)

223

Trenda

Increase (p < 0.001)

No trend (p = 0.25)

Increase (p < 0.001)

Intermediate or high-risk prostate cancer (Gleason ≥7 or Stage ≥2, or PSA ≥10 ng/mL)

2010

988 (24.5)

4034

219 (12.3)

1777

769 (34.1)

2257

2011

1070 (22.9)

4674

251 (11.8)

2133

819 (32.2)

2541

2012

711 (22.3)

3184

162 (10.8)

1507

549 (32.7)

1677

2013

209 (18.1)

1154

48 (7.1)

633

161 (30.9)

521

Trenda

Decrease (p < 0.001)

Decrease (p = 0.002)

No change (p = 0.17)

  1. a Trend assessed using Cochran-Armitage test for trend