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The impact of race/ethnicity on upstaging and/or upgrading rates among intermediate risk prostate cancer patients treated with radical prostatectomy.

Luigi NoceraMike WenzelClaudia Collà RuvoloChristoph WürnschimmelZhe TianGiorgio GandagliaNicola FossatiFelix K H ChunVincenzo MironeMarkus GraefenFred SaadShahrokh F ShariatFrancesco MontorsiAlberto BrigantiPierre I Karakiewicz
Published in: World journal of urology (2021)
Race/ethnicity predisposes to differences in clinical, as well as in pathological characteristics in IR PCa patients. Specifically, even after full statistical adjustment, Hispanic/Latinos are at higher and African-Americans are at lower risk of upstaging and/or upgrading.
Keyphrases
  • radical prostatectomy
  • prostate cancer
  • end stage renal disease
  • chronic kidney disease
  • newly diagnosed
  • ejection fraction
  • prognostic factors
  • patient reported outcomes