Sociodemographic landscape of suspected prostate cancer referrals and diagnoses across North East London.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of this study is to identify healthcare inequities in referrals and diagnoses of suspected prostate cancer (PCa) in an ethnically diverse and socially deprived large urban region.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study of 2-Week Wait (2WW) suspected PCa patients (n = 12 947) referred to two acute NHS Trusts in North East London (NEL) from February 2019 to August 2023. Sociodemographics, diagnosis and pretreatment staging data were collected from patient records. We examined referral and diagnosis statistics, age at referral, radiological T-stage at diagnosis, levels of deprivation by ethnicity and the impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on proportion of referrals and diagnoses by ethnicity and T-stage at diagnosis. Uni- and multivariable logisti

SUBMITTER: Haider M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11794234 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature