Alexander Putnam Cole, MD, discusses the importance of investigating racial and ethnic disparities in prostate cancer outcomes, key data from a comparison of cancer-specific survival according to race and treatment modality, and how these results could better inform efforts to improve access to, and quality of, patient care in this disease.
Racial minorities in the United States are less likely to receive treatment for prostate cancer and, overall, have worse survival outcomes compared to individuals who are white.
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