Receipt of National Comprehensive Cancer Network guideline‐concordant prostate cancer care among African American and Caucasian American men in North Carolina

BACKGROUND African Americans have a higher incidence of prostate cancer and experience poorer outcomes compared with Caucasian Americans. Racial differences in care are well documented; however, few studies have characterized patients based on their prostate cancer risk category, which is required t...

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Published in:	Cancer Vol. 119; no. 12; pp. 2282 - 2290
Main Authors:	Ellis, Shellie D., Blackard, Bonny, Carpenter, William R., Mishel, Merle, Chen, Ronald C., Godley, Paul A., Mohler, James L., Bensen, Jeannette T.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, NJ Wiley-Blackwell 15.06.2013
Subjects:	African Americans Biological and medical sciences Comprehensive Health Care - statistics & numerical data European Continental Ancestry Group Guideline Adherence - statistics & numerical data guideline‐concordant care Healthcare Disparities Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Multiple tumors. Solid tumors. Tumors in childhood (general aspects) National Comprehensive Cancer Network Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases North Carolina - epidemiology North Carolina Health Care Access Project (HCaP‐NC) Odds Ratio Practice Guidelines as Topic prostate cancer Prostate-Specific Antigen - analysis Prostatic Neoplasms - epidemiology Prostatic Neoplasms - ethnology Prostatic Neoplasms - therapy quality of care Socioeconomic Factors Tumors Tumors of the urinary system Urinary tract. Prostate gland North Carolina United States North America America USA, North Carolina Human Urinary system disease Prostate disease Accessibility Health Male Malignant tumor quality of care Recommendation Care North Carolina Health Care Access Project (HCaP-NC) Cancerology Quality Network Adult National Comprehensive Cancer Network Caucasoid Male genital diseases Prostate cancer guideline-concordant care Cancer African American
ISSN:	0008-543X, 1097-0142, 1097-0142
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