Trends in Diagnosis and Disparities in Initial Management of High-Risk Prostate Cancer in the US

Vishesh Agrawal; Xiaoyue Ma; Jim C Hu; Christopher E Barbieri; Himanshu Nagar

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.14674

Trends in Diagnosis and Disparities in Initial Management of High-Risk Prostate Cancer in the US

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Aug 3;3(8):e2014674. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.14674.

Authors

Vishesh Agrawal¹, Xiaoyue Ma², Jim C Hu³, Christopher E Barbieri³, Himanshu Nagar¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
² Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
³ Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.

Abstract

This retrospective study uses data from the National Cancer Database of new cancer diagnoses across the US to examine trends in proportional diagnosis rates and management of patients with high-risk prostate cancer.

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cohort Studies
Healthcare Disparities / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prostatectomy / statistics & numerical data
Prostatic Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Prostatic Neoplasms* / epidemiology
Prostatic Neoplasms* / therapy
Radiotherapy / statistics & numerical data
United States