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Radiation Oncology • Genitourinary Cancers • Prostate Cancer • Medical Oncology • Health Disparities
Which, if any, aspects of your management of prostate cancer differ in your African-American patients versus those of other racial/ethnic backgrounds?
Given recent advancements in the understanding of biological differences in prostate cancer patients of African vs. other ancestry, does your management of either localized or metastatic disease differ in African American patients?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
My short answer is that I do not treat patients diagnosed with prostate cancer differently based on race or ethnicity. There is data to support a higher risk of progression on active surveillance among African American men as compared with Caucasian American men with low risk prostate cancer, but th...
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