Multi-institution analysis of racial disparity among African-American men eligible for prostate cancer active surveillance.
Publication/Presentation Date
4-20-2018
Abstract
There is a significant controversy on whether race should be a factor in considering active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer. To address this question, we analyzed a multi-institution database to assess racial disparity between African-American and White-American men with low risk prostate cancer who were eligible for active surveillance but underwent radical prostatectomy. A retrospective analysis of prospectively collected clinical, pathologic and oncologic outcomes of men with low-risk prostate cancer from seven tertiary care institutions that underwent radical prostatectomy from 2003-2014 were used to assess potential racial disparity. Of the 333 (14.8%) African-American and 1923 (85.2%) White-American men meeting active surveillance criteria, African-American men were found to be slightly younger (57.5 vs 58.5 years old;
Volume
9
Issue
30
First Page
21359
Last Page
21365
ISSN
1949-2553
Published In/Presented At
Dinizo, M., Shih, W., Kwon, Y. S., Eun, D., Reese, A., Giusto, L., Trabulsi, E. J., Yuh, B., Ruel, N., Marchalik, D., Hwang, J., Kundu, S. D., Eggener, S., & Kim, I. Y. (2018). Multi-institution analysis of racial disparity among African-American men eligible for prostate cancer active surveillance. Oncotarget, 9(30), 21359–21365. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.25103
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
29765545
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article