Sociodemographic and Geographic Disparities of Prostate Cancer Treatment Delay in Tennessee: A Population-Based Study

• Published in: American journal of men's health Vol. 15; no. 6; p. 15579883211057990
• Main Authors: Montiel Ishino, Francisco A., Odame, Emmanuel A., Villalobos, Kevin, Rowan, Claire, Whiteside, Martin, Mamudu, Hadii, Williams, Faustine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.11.2021; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Adult; Cancer therapies; Divorce; Healthcare Disparities; Humans; Male; Original; Population-based studies; Prostate cancer; Prostatic Neoplasms - therapy; Quality of Life; Rural Population; Tennessee - epidemiology; Time-to-Treatment; Tennessee; United States > US; Appalachia and non-Appalachia; epidemiology of men’s health; prostate cancer; health inequality/disparity; Tennessee; population-based

The relationship of social determinants of health, Appalachian residence, and prostate cancer treatment delay among Tennessee adults is relatively unknown. We used multivariate logistic regression on 2005–2015 Tennessee Cancer Registry data of adults aged ≥18 diagnosed with prostate cancer. The outc...