Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Seattle, WA, USA.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2023 Jun;26(2):415-420. doi: 10.1038/s41391-022-00608-4. Epub 2022 Nov 10.
Racial differences in Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) after treatment of prostate cancer (PCa) are not well studied. We compared treatment patterns and HRQoL in African American (AA) and non-AA men undergoing active surveillance (AS), radical prostatectomy (RP), or radiation (XRT).
Men diagnosed with PCa from 2007-2017 in the Center for Prostate Disease Research Database were identified. HRQoL was evaluated using Expanded PCa Index Composite and SF-36 Health Survey.
In 1006 men with localized PCa, 223 (22.2%) were AA (mean follow up 5.2 yrs). AA men with low-risk disease were less likely to undergo AS (28.5 vs. 38.8%) and more likely to undergo XRT (22.3 vs. 10.6%) than non-AA men, p < 0.001. In intermediate-risk disease, AA received more XRT (43.0 vs. 26.9%) and less RP (50.5 vs 66.8%), p = 0.016. In all men, RP resulted in worse urinary function and sexual HRQoL compared to AS and XRT. Bowel HRQoL did not vary by treatment in AA men, however, in non-AA men, XRT resulted in worse bowel scores than AS and RP. HRQoL was then compared for each treatment modality. AA men had worse sexual bother (p = 0.024) after RP than non-AA men, No racial differences were found in urinary, bowel, hormonal, or SF-36 scores for men undergoing AS, RP or XRT.
AA men are less often treated with AS for low-risk disease and are more likely to undergo XRT. AA men experience worse sexual bother after RP, however, the effect of XRT on bowel symptoms is worse in non-AA men.
种族差异对前列腺癌(PCa)治疗后的健康相关生活质量(HRQoL)的影响尚未得到充分研究。我们比较了非裔美国男性(AA)和非 AA 男性在接受主动监测(AS)、根治性前列腺切除术(RP)或放疗(XRT)治疗后的治疗模式和 HRQoL。
从 2007 年至 2017 年,在前列腺疾病研究数据库中确定了诊断为 PCa 的男性。使用扩展前列腺癌指数综合评分和 SF-36 健康调查评估 HRQoL。
在 1006 名局限性 PCa 男性中,223 名(22.2%)为 AA(平均随访 5.2 年)。低危疾病的 AA 男性接受 AS 的可能性较低(28.5%比 38.8%),接受 XRT 的可能性较高(22.3%比 10.6%),p < 0.001。在中危疾病中,AA 患者接受 XRT 的比例较高(43.0%比 26.9%),RP 比例较低(50.5%比 66.8%),p = 0.016。在所有男性中,RP 导致的尿功能和性 HRQoL 比 AS 和 XRT 差。AA 男性的肠道 HRQoL 不受治疗影响,但在非 AA 男性中,XRT 导致的肠道评分比 AS 和 RP 差。然后对每种治疗方式的 HRQoL 进行了比较。AA 男性在 RP 后出现更严重的性功能障碍(p = 0.024),而非 AA 男性则无此差异。在接受 AS、RP 或 XRT 治疗的男性中,未发现尿、肠、激素或 SF-36 评分的种族差异。
AA 男性接受低危疾病 AS 治疗的可能性较低,而接受 XRT 的可能性较高。AA 男性在 RP 后出现更严重的性功能障碍,但 XRT 对非 AA 男性的肠道症状影响更严重。