Age-related racial disparities in prostate cancer patients: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Prostate cancer mortality rates have decreased over recent decades, but racial disparities in prostate cancer survival still present as a serious challenge. These disparities may be impacted by age; in fact, African-American men younger than age 65 have prostate cancer mortality rates nearly three times greater than that of White men. Therefore, a systematic literature review was conducted in Medline and EMBASE databases focusing on articles comparing survival and mortality rates for prostate cancer patients across age and race.

Design

Articles included were based on the following criteria: (1) included African-American and White prostate cancer patients residing in the US; (2) measured racial disparities across distinct age categories with at least one category be

SUBMITTER: He T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5573592 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature