Racial and ethnic differences in risk of second primary cancers among prostate cancer survivors.

Diana R WithrowSara J SchonfeldRochelle E CurtisLindsay M MortonMichael B CookEboneé N ButlerAmy Berrington de González

Published in: Cancer causes & control : CCC (2020)

Our results confirm that most prostate cancer survivors have lower risks of second cancers than expected, but the magnitude varied by race/ethnicity. Exceptionally, API men had small but significantly increased risk. Further research to understand drivers of the observed race/ethnicity heterogeneity is warranted.

Keyphrases

prostate cancer
young adults
radical prostatectomy
childhood cancer
single cell
human health
middle aged
african american
benign prostatic hyperplasia
risk assessment