Table 2

Local and systemic complications of de novo metastatic prostate cancer

Number of patients, median%Quartiles
Symptomatic61289.3
Symptom manifestations
 Bone pain55681.2
 Haematuria18527.0
 Urinary obstruction29042.3
 Urinary incontinence487.0
Renal impairment (Cr >300)11817.2
Palliative treatment for urinary obstruction23734.6
Immediate palliative treatment required8812.8
 Time to palliative treatment, months73–16
 Repetitive palliative treatment239.7
Skeletal fractures11817.2
 Time to skeletal fractures, months1510–19