Prostate Cancer Disparities throughout the Cancer Control Continuum

Meghan E. Borysova, Dawood H. Sultan, Ganna Chornokur, Kyle J. Dalton and Adewale Troutman
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Meghan E. Borysova: University of South Florida, College of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, 13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, MDC 56, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Dawood H. Sultan: University of South Florida, College of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, 13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, MDC 56, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Ganna Chornokur: The Center for Equal Health, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, MDC 13, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Kyle J. Dalton: The Center for Equal Health, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, MDC 13, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Adewale Troutman: University of South Florida, College of Public Health, Public Health Practice Program, 13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, MDC 56, Tampa, FL 33612, USA

Social Sciences, 2013, vol. 2, issue 4, 1-23

Abstract: Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy and the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men in the United States. The American Cancer Society estimates that 238,590 U.S. men will develop PCa and 29,720 men will die from the disease in 2013. PCa exhibits the most profound racial disparities of all cancers with African American men having a 70% higher incidence rate and more than two times higher mortality rate than Caucasian men. Published research on PCa disparities focuses on singular outcomes such as incidence, mortality or quality of life. The objective of this paper is to provide a comprehensive summary of the racial disparities found at each stage of the PCa Care Continuum which includes prevention , detection , treatments , and outcomes and survival . It focuses primarily on disparities among Caucasian (white) and African American men.

Keywords: prostate cancer; health; disparities; race; African American; cancer control continuum (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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