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Table 3 Comparison of disease stage information for cases aged less than 70 years at diagnosis (n = 1844)

From: Using linked routinely collected health data to describe prostate cancer treatment in New South Wales, Australia: a validation study

   

PCOS stagea

 
  

Localised

 

Non-localised

CCR stage b

n

% c

n

% c

Localised

958

59

74

33

Non-localised

143

9

44

19

Unknown

516

32

109

48

Total

1617

100

227

100

  1. a Clinical stage from PCOS, excludes 13 cases with unknown stage
  2. b Spread of disease at diagnosis recorded in the CCR
  3. c Column percent
  4. PCOS: Prostate Cancer Care and Outcomes Study; CCR: Central Cancer Registry
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