Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-20-2018
Abstract
There is a significant controversy on whether race should be a factor in considering active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer. To address this question, we analyzed a multi-institution database to assess racial disparity between African-American and White-American men with low risk prostate cancer who were eligible for active surveillance but underwent radical prostatectomy. A retrospective analysis of prospectively collected clinical, pathologic and oncologic outcomes of men with low-risk prostate cancer from seven tertiary care institutions that underwent radical prostatectomy from 2003–2014 were used to assess potential racial disparity. Of the 333 (14.8%) African-American and 1923 (85.2%) White-American men meeting active surveillance criteria, African-American men were found to be slightly younger (57.5 vs 58.5 years old; p = 0.01) and have higher BMI (29.3 v 27.9; p < 0.01), pre-op PSA (5.2 v 4.7; p < 0.01), and maximum percentage cancer on biopsy (15.1% v 13.6%; p < 0.01) compared to White-American men. Univariate and multivariate analysis demonstrated similar rates of upgrading, upstaging, positive surgical margin, and biochemical recurrence between races. These results suggest that single institution studies recommending more stringent AS enrollment criteria for AA men with a low-risk prostate cancer may not capture the complete oncologic landscape due to institutional variability in cancer outcomes. Since all seven institutions demonstrated no significant racial disparity, current active surveillance eligibility should not be modified based upon race until a prospective study has been completed. © Dinizo et al.
Recommended Citation
Dinizo, Michael; Shih, Weichung; Kwon, Young Suk; Eun, Daniel; Reese, Adam; Giusto, Laura; Trabulsi, Edouard J.; Yuh, Bertram; Ruel, Nora; Marchalik, Daniel; Hwang, Jonathan; Kundu, Shilajit D.; Eggener, Scott; and Kim, Isaac Yi, "Multi-institution analysis of racial disparity among African- American men eligible for prostate cancer active surveillance" (2018). Department of Urology Faculty Papers. Paper 42.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/urologyfp/42
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Language
English
Comments
This article has been peer reviewed. It is the author’s final published version in Oncotarget, Volume 9, Issue 30, April 2018, Pages 21359-21365.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.25103 . Copyright © Dinizo et al.