Prostate cancer. Socioeconomic status and disparities in treatment patterns.
Disparities in prostate cancer treatment patterns have been traced to differences in socioeconomic status. These results have implications for quality of care imparted by health-care providers. until randomized clinical trials establish standards of care, physicians must be wary of unconscious bias and strive to support, not dictate, the decision-making process.
Chu
David I
DI
Division of Urologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, and the Duke Prostate Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA. david.chu@duke.edu
Freedland
Stephen J
SJ
D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
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