Patient perspectives of prostate cancer screening vary by race following 2018 guideline changes.
Paul J RiviereSandhya KalavacherlaMatthew P BanegasJuan F Javier-DesLogesMaria Elena MartinezIsla P GarrawayJames D MurphyBrent S RosePublished in: Cancer (2022)
In the United States, prostate cancer is more common in African American men New guidelines from 2018 encourage physicians to consider risk factors in deciding whether or not to recommend screening, but overall African American men continue to be screened at a lower rate than non-Hispanic White men This effect disappears when correcting for income and education level, suggesting that several factors including systemic racism, medical mistrust, and self-advocacy may impact this observed difference.