Author Interviews, JAMA, Prostate Cancer, Race/Ethnic Diversity, UCLA / 03.01.2022
Prostate Cancer: Comparison of Outcomes for Black and White Men Treated with Radiation Therapy
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Ting Martin Ma, MD, PhD
Resident Physician
Amar U. Kishan, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
Vice-Chair of Clinical and Translational Research
Department of Radiation Oncology at UCLA
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: We know from epidemiologic studies that Black men are more likely to be diagnosed with and die of prostate cancer than White men. Recent studies hinted that Black men had better oncological outcome (such as prostate cancer specific mortality and overall survival) responding to systemic therapy for advanced prostate cancer (e.g. cancer that has spread or metastasized to other parts of the body).
The question we were trying to answer in this study is: is there a difference in outcomes between Black and White men with localized prostate cancer (cancer that has not spread) receiving definitive radiotherapy enrolled in clinical trials? (more…)