Pathological and Biochemical Outcomes among African-American and Caucasian Men with Low Risk Prostate Cancer in the SEARCH Database: Implications for Active Surveillance Candidacy
Leapman MS, Freedland SJ, Aronson WJ, Kane CJ, Terris MK, Walker K, Amling CL, Carroll PR, Cooperberg MR. Pathological and Biochemical Outcomes among African-American and Caucasian Men with Low Risk Prostate Cancer in the SEARCH Database: Implications for Active Surveillance Candidacy. Journal Of Urology 2016, 196: 1408-1414. PMID: 27352635, PMCID: PMC5542578, DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2016.06.086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAfrican American raceLow-risk prostate cancerAfrican American menRisk prostate cancerCaucasian manProstate cancerPathological upgradingBiochemical recurrenceFive-year recurrence-free survival ratesClinical low‐risk prostate cancerClinical low-risk diseaseRecurrence-free survival ratesCox proportional hazards analysisBiochemical recurrence outcomesEqual-access health systemLow-risk diseaseCohort of patientsLow-risk tumorsPositive surgical marginsProportional hazards analysisSearch databasesSEARCH cohortRecurrence outcomesRisk diseaseRisk tumors