Treatment options, selection, and satisfaction among african american and white men with prostate carcinoma in north carolina
CancerPublished 15 July 1998Open access
Wendy Demark‐Wahnefried, Joellen M. Schildkraut, Christophe Iselin, Elizabeth Conlisk, Andrew L. Kavee, Tim E. Aldrich
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To explore potential reasons for the racial differential in mortality, a study was undertaken to determine whether differences related to treatment existed between African American and white men who were diagnosed with prostate carcinoma during the period 1994‐1995.
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These data suggest that African American and white men in North Carolina receive comparable treatment for prostate carcinoma. Therefore, efforts to reduce the racial disparity in mortality should be directed toward lessening the high incidence of later stage disease at diagnosis and exploring potential biologic differences that may increase the risk of more aggressive disease among African Americans.
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