Association of race with receipt of definitive therapy for high risk prostate cancer in older men.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Black men are more likely to die of prostate cancer (PCa) than White men. Whether this difference is driven by biological versus sociodemographic and access to care differences is actively investigated. However, studies that have highlighted racial disparities in PCa outcomes have been poorly represented by elderly men, a notoriously undertreated group. Herein, we evaluated use of curative treatment between Black and White elderly men with aggressive PCa in a large US database.

Methods

Men ≥80 years diagnosed with National Comprehensive Cancer Network-defined high risk PCa between 2004 and 2016 were analyzed from the National Cancer Database. Multivariable logistic regression was used to model the effect of race and sociodemographic factors on receipt of definitiv

SUBMITTER: Patel SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991462 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature