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Table 2 Summary table of study characteristics

From: Correction to: Health-related quality of life among long-term (≥5 years) prostate cancer survivors by primary intervention: a systematic review

Characteristic

Frequency

Study Design

Randomized controlled trial

Observational prospective cohort study

Observational retrospective cohort study

3

7

3

Recruitment

Monocentric hospital-based

Multicentral hospital-based

Population-based

9

1

3

Comparison: Intervention vs. general population*

RP

EBRT

ADT

WW

AS

 

X

    

2

 

X1a

   

5

  

X

  

1

   

X

 

1

    

X

1

Comparison between different interventions*

RP

EBRT

ADT

WW

AS

 

X

X

  

X

1

X

Xd

   

1

X

X

   

1

 

X vs. Xc

   

1

 

Xc

X

  

1

 

X

  

X

1

 

X

 

X

 

1

X

X

X

X

 

1

X

Xe

 

X

 

1

X

Xf

   

1

Sample sizes (total population)

<100

101 – 200

780

1463 (after 5 years since randomization) respectively 1413 participants (6 years since randomization)

6

5

1

1

Years since diagnosis/randomization

Long-term survivors (5-10 years after diagnosis)

Very long-term survivors (10 + years after diagnosis)

10

3

Stage at diagnosis

Localized (T1/T2) PC

Locally advanced (T3/T4 any N1/M1) PC

Localized & locally advanced PC

No information

3

2

7

1

Recurrent PC survivors

No information

Excluded

Included

10

1g

2

Progressive PC survivors

No information

Excluded

Included

5

3

5

  1. aSome studies had multiple comparisons
  2. b“Plus ADT and/or clinical progression”
  3. cplus ADT
  4. dBrachytherapy
  5. eEBRT-C — Conventional radiation; EBRT-HD — High-dose mixed-beam radiation; EBRT-LD — Low-dose mixed-beam radiation; EBRT-MB — Standard protocol/mixed-beam radiation; EBRT-PB — Proton beam radiation
  6. fBrachytherapy
  7. gExcluded because they died