2024
County-level racial disparities in prostate cancer specific mortality from 2005 to 2020
Washington S, Fakunle M, Wang L, Braun A, Leapman M, Cowan J, Cooperberg M. County-level racial disparities in prostate cancer specific mortality from 2005 to 2020. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2024, pkae109. PMID: 39495143, DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkae109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-Hispanic blacksRacial disparitiesCancer-specific mortalityCancer outcomesAssociated with lower mortality riskProstate cancer-specific mortalityProstate cancer outcomesNon-Hispanic white patientsLinear mixed models evaluated associationsPrimary care providersSpecific mortalityRadiation oncologist densityLower mortality riskYear of deathBlack-white differencesRace-based disparitiesMortality disparitiesProvider densityCare providersCounty-level dataHospital bedsMortality riskData of menProstate cancer specific mortality riskWhite patients
2021
Mediators of racial disparity in the use of prostate MRI.
Leapman M, Dinan M, Pasha S, Washington S, Ma X, Gross C. Mediators of racial disparity in the use of prostate MRI. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 6554-6554. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.6554.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProstate cancerRacial disparitiesProstate MRIMRI useArea-level measuresObserved racial disparitiesEligible patientsPathologic factorsDual eligibilityWhite patientsBlack patientsSEER regionMedicare databaseCancer careSix-month periodPatientsSociodemographic factorsCancerMRIZip codesOlder AmericansMediatorsDiagnostic toolObserved disparitiesHigh-poverty areas