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. 2016 Feb;45(1):73-82.
doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv305. Epub 2015 Dec 11.

Cohort Profile Update: The National Prostate Cancer Register of Sweden and Prostate Cancer data Base--a refined prostate cancer trajectory

Mieke Van Hemelrijck  1 , Hans Garmo  2 , Annette Wigertz  3 , Per Nilsson  4 , Pär Stattin  5
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Cohort Profile Update: The National Prostate Cancer Register of Sweden and Prostate Cancer data Base--a refined prostate cancer trajectory

Mieke Van Hemelrijck et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2016 Feb.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Overview of registers providing data for PCBaSe Traject . Data files in blue are part of the National Prostate Cancer Register. Registers with dashed lines are retrospectively collected. Data files in red are held at the Swedish Board of Health and Welfare.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Flow chart of patient selection for PCBaSe Traject .
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Flow chart of data collection for conservative treatment in PCBaSe Traject . NPCR: National Prostate Cancer Register, CT WW : watchful waiting, CT AS : active surveillance, CT UNS : Unspecified conservative treatment, SAMS: Study on Active Monitoring in Sweden.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Flow chart of data collection for curative treatment in PCBaSe Traject .
Figure 5.
Figure 5.
Flow chart of data collection for androgen deprivation therapy in PCBaSe Traject . NPCR: National Prostate Cancer Register, RP: radical prostatectomy RT: curative radiotherapy, ADT: androgen deprivation therapy, AA: anti-androgen monotherapy, GnRH: GnRH agonists.
Figure 6.
Figure 6.
Time to treatment changes based on different primary and subsequent treatments for men with prostate cancer as registered in PCBaSe Traject . PCa: prostate cancer, AA: anti-androgen monotherapy, RT: curative radiotherapy, RP: radical prostatectomy.
Figure 7.
Figure 7.
Time to initiation of GnRH agonists and time to PCa death since time of GnRH agonists initiation for men with prostate cancer, as registered in PCBaSe Traject .
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