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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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                                        Gross                   SEER-            1992  2002           82,328 (74,288           Patients with early stage prostate cancer who received RP, BT, or EBRT;
                                        2008                    Medicare                              white, 8040 black)       blacks and whites only. Data on treatment patterns were reported only among
                                        18181101                                                                               patients with localized disease.
                                              89
                                        Welch                   SEER-            1993  2001           10,429                   Men with a claim for a needle biopsy of the prostate during the study period
                                        2007                    Medicare                              [men with a needle       were included, base on the 5% Medicare Part B sample. Men not aged ≥65
                                        17848671                                                      biopsy of the            yr at the start of each calendar year, not entitled to Part B for the entire year,
                                                                                                      prostate]                or enrolled in risk-contract managed care plans were excluded. Men who had
                                                                                                                               a concomitant transurethral resection of the prostate or who had a prior
                                                                                                                               prostate cancer diagnosis were also excluded.
                                                  62
                                        Carpenter               SEER-            1994  2002           18,067                   Black and White men, aged ≥65 yr, diagnosed with prostate cancer in the
                                        2010                    Medicare                                                       following 8 SEER registries: Atlanta, Connecticut, Detroit, Rural Georgia, Los
                                        20333462                                                                               Angeles, San Francisco-Oakland, San Jose, Seattle-Puget Sound. Included
                                                                                                                               patients had to have known prostate cancer stage, no prior or concurrent
                                                                                                                               cancers, no gaps in Medicare coverage for 3 yr prior to diagnosis, and no
                                                                                                                               HMO coverage from enrollment to diagnosis.
                                               63
                                        Mullins                 SEER-            1998  2002            42,318                  Prostate cancer patients with Medicare, aged ≥65 yr. Excluded men with
                                        2010                    Medicare                               [13,447 in 1998;        unknown mo of diagnosis, <65 yr old at time of diagnosis, races other than
                                        20163844                                                       28,871 in 2002]         non-Hispanic White, AA, and White Hispanic, missing Census Tract
                                                                                                                               information.
                                                64
                                        Kindrick                CaPSURE          1989  1997           3557                     Biopsy-confirmed prostate adenocarcinoma. Excluded patients with a missing
                                        1998                                                                                   date of diagnosis or those for whom no initial treatment was recorded.
                                        9817332                                                                                Patients included in CaPSURE between 1995-97 were included, including
                                                                                                                               non-incident cases (those diagnosed since 1989).
                                                    65
                                        Cooperberg              CaPSURE          1989  2001           4966                     Excluded those diagnosed before 1989 and those with missing information on
                                        2002                                                                                   primary treatment or clinical staging.
                                        12131295
                                                    4
                                        Cooperberg              CaPSURE          1989  2002           6290                     Unselected men with biopsy-proven prostate adenocarcinoma. Excluded
                                        2003                                                                                   those with missing data on PSA, T stage or multiple parameters.
                                        14610406
                                                    5
                                        Cooperberg              CaPSURE          1989  2001           3439                     Patients who received RP, EBRT, BT, PADT or WW as primary therapy.
                                        2003                                                                                   Patients with incomplete clinical staging information, those with missing data
                                        12837834                                                                               on treatment and those receiving cryotherapy as primary treatment were
                                                                                                                               excluded.













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