Mapping disadvantage: identifying inequities in functional outcomes for prostate cancer survivors based on geography.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prostate cancer is the most common internal malignancy in Australian men, and although most patients have good survival outcomes, treatment toxicities can impair function, leading to diminished quality of life for prostate cancer survivors. Socioeconomic disadvantage and geographical remoteness have been shown to be related to worse oncologic outcomes, and it is expected that they would similarly influence functional outcomes in prostate cancer.

Methods

Using data from the Victorian Prostate Cancer Outcomes Registry (n = 10,924), we investigated functional outcomes as measured by the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite-26 (EPIC-26) following prostate cancer treatment, focusing on associations with socioeconomic status and geographical remoteness and controlli

SUBMITTER: Koo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8928643 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature