Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in rates of stage IV prostate cancer after USPSTF category "D" recommendation against prostate-specific antigen screening: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2012 the United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) changed its prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening recommendation to a category "D". The purpose of this study is to examine racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic differences in risk of presentation with metastatic prostate cancer (mPCa) at time of diagnosis before and after the 2012 USPSTF category "D" recommendation.

Methods

This is a population-based cohort study. We identified patients with mPCa at diagnosis within the National Cancer Database from 2004-2017. Logistic regression models were used to examine associations of mPCa with age, race, ethnicity, geographic location, education level, income, and insurance status. Linear regression models assuming underlying binomial distribution were fit

SUBMITTER: Thakker PU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11291402 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature