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Table 2 Risk of death among Black men according to type of treatment received

From: Geographic and outcome variation among black men diagnosed with prostate cancer

 

No treatment

N = 493

Surgery only

N = 310

Radiotherapy only

N = 236

Hormone therapy only

N = 449

Combination therapy

N = 630

Place of Birth/registry

AdjHR (95% CI) **

AdjHR (95% CI) **

AdjHR (95% CI) **

AdjHR (95% CI) **

AdjHR (95% CI) **

Caribbean-born Brooklyn

Reference

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Reference

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Reference

US-born Brooklyn

0.9

(0.3-2.9)

0.6

(0.1-3.2)

1.4

(0.6-3.4)

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1.1

(0.3-4.0)

Caribbean-born Trinidad & Tobago

4.4

(2.3-8.5)

3.9

(1.7-9.1)

3.0

(1.3-7.1)

1.4

(0.8-2.6)

5.2

(2.9-9.3)

African-born Brooklyn

2.2

(0.5 –10.1)

2.8

(0.3-23.7)

3.3

(0.7-15.0)

6.2

(1.4-28.4)

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  1. AdjHR = Hazard ratio; *After adjusting for treatment and age at diagnosis and stage –
  2. **adjusting for age and stage