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Table 3 Cumulative incidence of SRE types according to window length

From: Measurement of skeletal related events in SEER-Medicare: a comparison of claims-based methods

 

Maximum SRE Episode Length

 

14 days

21 days

28 days

Any Skeletal Related Event

ᅟCumulative incidence (SRE/patient)

14,869 (3.6)

12,930 (3.1)

11,889 (2.8)

ᅟPatients with # SRE episodes

   

ᅟ1

1320 (32)

1557 (37)

1705 (41)

ᅟ2

955 (23)

967 (23)

969 (23)

ᅟ3+

1903 (46)

1652 (40)

1501 (36)

Pathologic Fracture

ᅟCumulative incidence (PF/patient)

7342 (3.3)

6505 (2.9)

5990 (2.7)

ᅟPatients with # PF episodes (% of SRE Sample)

   

ᅟ1

989 (45)

1046 (48)

1097 (50)

ᅟ2

425 (19)

432 (20)

441 (20)

ᅟ3+

794 (36)

724 (33)

662 (30)

Spinal Cord Compression

   

ᅟCumulative incidence (SCC/patient)

974 (1.8)

880 (1.6)

823 (1.5)

ᅟPatients with # SCC episodes (% of SRE Sample)

   

ᅟ1

377 (70)

401 (74)

423 (78)

ᅟ2

84 (15)

79 (15)

69 (12)

ᅟ3+

82 (15)

63 (11)

51 (10)

Bone Palliative Radiation

   

ᅟCumulative incidence (RAD/patient)

5910 (2.2)

4907 (1.8)

4439 (1.6)

ᅟPatients with # RAD episodes (% of SRE Sample)

   

ᅟ1

1143 (42)

1470 (54)

1662 (61)

ᅟ2

822 (30)

741 (27)

686 (25)

ᅟ3+

771 (28)

525 (19)

388 (14)

Surgery to Bone

   

ᅟCumulative incidence (BS/patient)

643 (1.1)

638 (1.1)

637 (1.1)

ᅟPatients with # BS episodes (% of SRE Sample)

   

ᅟ1

510 (89)

514 (90)

515 (90)

ᅟ2+

61 (11)

57 (10)

56 (10)

  1. SRE Skeletal related event, PF Pathological fracture, SCC Spinal cord compression, RAD Bone palliative radiotherapy; BS Bone surgery