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Appendix Table C1.1. Descriptive characteristics of the epidemiologic studies considered relevant to KQ1 (continued)
Author Database Start End year Sample size Eligibility criteria
Year year
uid
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Miller SEER 1988 2002 71,602 Localized or regional adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Excluded men with
2006 [an additional missing information that precluded assigned to a risk group (based on age
16912266 historical cohort of and grade criteria) and those with missing information on primary treatment,
25,826 men race/ethnicity, or marital status.
diagnosed during
1988-90 was used
to compare
treatment patterns]
42
Shao SEER 1988 2005 82,541 Age ≥25 yr. Excluded men of race/ethnicity other than Black or White, those
2009 (2004-05) with missing data on age, PSA, Gleason score, or clinical stage
19713548 (NR for other yr)
82
Abdollah SEER 1988 2006 404,604 Histologically-confirmed nonmetastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma, managed
2011 with RT, RP or observation. Only included men with localized prostate cancer,
20965646 aged 30-95 yrs. Excluded individuals with unknown grade, or undifferentiated
disease.
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Merrill SEER 1989 1993 80,936 White and Black prostate cancer patients.
1996 [72,659 White;
8931614 8277 Black]
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Stewart SEER, NCHS 1990 2000 NR NR
2004
15179359
45
Zhu SEER 1990 2004 42,751 NR
2009 [The study reported additional data from ACTUR, a tumor registry for military
19505907 personnel; these data were not considered representative of the US
population and pertained to <1000 prostate cancer cases, thus they were not
extracted.]
46
Polednak SEER 1992 1998 46,248 Excluding cases ascertained from death certificate only or autopsy. Data only
2002 [in 1992: 2969 reported for non-Hispanic White and Black patients.
12477140 Black, 23,347 non-
Hispanic White; in
1997: 2821 Black,
17,111 non-Hispanic
White
83
Paltoo SEER 1992 1999 NR Any incident cancer. American Indian or Alaskan Native, or white.
2004
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