HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE MEN WITH PROSTATE CANCER: DATA FROM THE CANCER OF THE PROSTATE STRATEGIC UROLOGIC RESEARCH ENDEAVOR

Abstract

Significant differences exist in clinical presentation, sociodemographic characteristics, and health related quality of life between black and white men with prostate cancer. These health related quality of life differences remain after treatment. Physicians should not assume that outcomes in black men would be similar to other patients.