Prostate cancer disparities among American Indians and Alaskan Natives in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Americans Indians and Alaska Natives face disparities in cancer care with lower rates of screening, limited treatment access, and worse survival. Prostate cancer treatment access and patterns of care remain unknown.

Methods

We used Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results data to compare incidence, primary treatment, and cancer-specific mortality across American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian and Pacific Islander, Black, and White patients. Baseline characteristics included prostate-specific antigen (PSA), Gleason score (GS), tumor stage, 9-level Cancer of the Prostate Risk Assessment risk score, county characteristics, and health-care provider density. Primary outcomes were first definitive treatment and prostate cancer-specific mortality (PCSM).

Results</

SUBMITTER: Chu CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10086629 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature