Journal article
Prostate cancer mortality outcomes and patterns of primary treatment for Aboriginal men in New South Wales, Australia
JC Rodger, R Supramaniam, AJ Gibberd, DP Smith, BK Armstrong, A Dillon, DL O'Connell
BJU International | WILEY | Published : 2015
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12899
Abstract
Objective To compare prostate cancer mortality for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal men and to describe prostate cancer treatments received by Aboriginal men. Patients and methods We analysed cancer registry records for all men diagnosed with prostate cancer in New South Wales (NSW) in 2001-2007 linked to hospital inpatient episodes and deaths. More detailed information on androgen-deprivation therapy and radiotherapy was obtained from medical records for 87 NSW Aboriginal men diagnosed in 2000-2011. The main outcomes were primary treatment for, and death from, prostate cancer. Analysis included Cox proportional hazards regression and logistic regression. Results There were 259 Aboriginal men a..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was produced as part of the APOCC, which was funded by a National Health and MRC Health Services grant (Application Ref: 440202). Linkage of the 'Patterns of Primary Treatment' data set to the APDC was funded by a Cancer Institute NSW Epidemiology Linkage Grant (10/EPI/2-05).