Racial Differences in Treatment Decision-Making for Men with Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: a Population-Based Study | Zendy

Jinping Xu | Zendy; James Janisse | Zendy; Julie J. Ruterbusch | Zendy; Joel W. Ager | Zendy; Kendra Schwartz | Zendy

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Racial Differences in Treatment Decision-Making for Men with Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: a Population-Based Study

Author(s) -

Jinping Xu,

James Janisse,

Julie J. Ruterbusch,

Joel W. Ager,

Kendra Schwartz

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of racial and ethnic health disparities

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 2197-3792

pISSN - 2196-8837

DOI - 10.1007/s40615-015-0109-8

Subject(s) - medicine , prostate cancer , watchful waiting , population , demography , epidemiology , cancer , white (mutation) , gerontology , oncology , gynecology , environmental health , sociology , biochemistry , chemistry , gene

Racial differences in prostate cancer treatment patterns have motivated concerns about over- and undertreatment. We surveyed black and white patients with localized prostate cancer (LPC) regarding their treatment decision-making processes to gain a better perspective on factors associated with LPC treatment choice.

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