Table 4: Levels of compliance during 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after nephrectomy Cancer stage; time, mo | Chest radiography or computed tomography | Abdominal ultrasonography or computed tomography |
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No. of tests recommended | Undertesting, no. (%) of patients | Compliant, no. (%) of patients | Overtesting, no. (%) of patients | No. of tests recommended | Undertesting, no. (%) of patients | Compliant, no. (%) of patients | Overtesting, no. (%) of patients |
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pT1 | | | | | | | | |
6 (n = 1380) | 0 | 0 (0.0) | 1096 (79.4) | 284 (20.6) | 0 | 0 (0.0) | 838 (60.7) | 542 (39.3) |
12 (n = 798) | 1 | 263 (33.0) | 408 (51.1) | 127 (15.9) | 0 | 0 (0.0) | 320 (40.1) | 478 (59.9) |
18 (n = 406) | 1 | 114 (28.1) | 203 (50.0) | 89 (21.9) | 0 | 0 (0.0) | 140 (34.5) | 266 (65.5) |
24 (n = 168) | 2 | 58 (34.5) | 77 (45.8) | 33 (19.6) | 1 | 7 (4.2) | 62 (36.9) | 99 (58.9) |
pT2 | | | | | | | | |
6 (n = 164) | 1 | 75 (45.7) | 75 (45.7) | 14 (8.5) | 0 | 0 (0.0) | 85 (51.8) | 79 (48.2) |
12 (n = 91) | 2 | 48 (52.7) | 32 (35.2) | 11 (12.1) | 1 | 11 (12.1) | 44 (48.4) | 36 (39.6) |
18 (n = 50) | 3 | 27 (54.0) | 17 (34.0) | 6 (12.0) | 1 | 4 (8.0) | 22 (44.0) | 24 (48.0) |
24 (n = 27) | 4 | 15 (55.6) | 9 (33.3) | 3 (11.1) | 1 | 1 (3.7) | 11 (40.7) | 15 (55.6) |
pT3 | | | | | | | | |
6 (n = 438) | 1 | 169 (38.6) | 187 (42.7) | 82 (18.7) | 1 | 119 (27.2) | 225 (51.4) | 94 (21.5) |
12 (n = 177) | 2 | 72 (40.7) | 69 (39.0) | 36 (20.3) | 2 | 54 (30.5) | 76 (42.9) | 47 (26.6) |
18 (n = 84) | 3 | 35 (41.7) | 32 (38.1) | 17 (20.2) | 3 | 28 (33.3) | 33 (39.3) | 23 (27.4) |
24 (n = 33) | 4 | 14 (42.4) | 12 (36.4) | 7 (21.2) | 4 | 11 (33.3) | 13 (39.4) | 9 (27.3) |