Assessment of Prostate Cancer Treatment Among Black and White Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, racial/ethnic minority communities disproportionately experienced poor outcomes; however, the association of the pandemic with prostate cancer (PCa) care is unknown.

Objective

To assess the association between race and PCa care delivery for Black and White patients during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design, setting, and participants

This multicenter, regional, collaborative, retrospective cohort study compared prostatectomy rates between Black and White patients with untreated nonmetastatic PCa during the COVID-19 pandemic (269 patients from March 16 to May 15, 2020) and prior (378 patients from March 11 to May 10, 2019).

Main outcomes and measures

Prostatectomy rates.

Results

Of the 647 men with no

SUBMITTER: Bernstein AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8299356 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature