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higher scores indicating greater perceived social support. Statistical Analyses SPSS Statistics, version 22.0 (IBM Corp) was used to conduct the analyses. Patient baseline characteristics were described using measures of central tendency or proportions

study period by diagnosis year. Statistical Analysis We conducted descriptive analyses for patient characteristics by age group. We calculated the proportion of patients who died within 30 days, 90 days, and 6 months after surgical treatment by age

-level covariates included age, sex (where applicable), race (white, black, other, unknown), and marital status. Other demographic variables included income, residence type, and education (based on subjects’ county of residence). Tumor characteristics included

). Results General Characteristics of the Study Population From 2001 through 2015, 77,892 patients with nmRCC were identified, 26,562 (34.1%) of whom were treated with partial nephrectomy and 51,330 (65.9%) with radical nephrectomy. Stage distribution was as

addressing depression in other cancer groups. 1 , 30 A national study found that multiple psychosocial characteristics were associated with worse depression but did not characterize an association between lung cancer biology and depression. 31 A better

subsequent multivariate analyses. A test result was considered as statistically significant for P <.05. Results Patient Characteristics From the 8 institutions, 292 patients were recruited for analysis between December 2017 and December 2019

androgen deprivation therapy, or a combination of any of these therapies. Statistical Methodology Continuous baseline patient characteristics were compared with either the 2 sample t test or a nonparametric k-sample test on the equality of medians

For patients who received multiple courses of treatments, the most invasive surgical procedure for the primary site (liver transplantation > resection > ablation) was reported in the database. Statistical Analysis Baseline characteristics in patients

professionals provided counseling and were supervised weekly by the first author (LRS). Counselors guided women through the Web site and discussed behavioral homework. Statistical Analyses Demographic and clinical characteristics were summarized with

eAppendix 4 ). Data Collection Participants’ characteristics were assessed at baseline (before random assignment). Data on outcome measures (LST preferences, QoL, anxiety symptoms, and depressive symptoms) and time-varying covariates were collected at