Autor: |
Jennifer L. Beebe‐Dimmer, Julie J. Ruterbusch, Kathleen A. Cooney, Adam Bolton, Kendra Schwartz, Ann G. Schwartz, Elisabeth Heath |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2019 |
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Zdroj: |
Cancer Medicine, Vol 8, Iss 6, Pp 3325-3335 (2019) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2045-7634 |
DOI: |
10.1002/cam4.2092 |
Popis: |
Abstract Purpose Approximately 5% of men were initially diagnosed with (also referred to as de novo) advanced stage prostate cancer and experience far poorer survival compared to men diagnosed with local or regionally advanced disease. Given the number of new therapies targeting metastatic and castrate‐resistant disease, we sought to describe recent treatment patterns by race for de novo AJCC stage IV prostate cancer. Methods We used Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data linked to Medicare files to identify men aged 66 and older diagnosed in 2004‐2014 with advanced prostate cancer, and examined patterns of treatment among all patients and stratified by race/ethnicity. Results There were 8828 eligible patients identified, and non‐Hispanic black (NHB) patients were more likely to go without treatment (P |
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