{"id":2537,"date":"2016-11-17T03:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T08:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=2537"},"modified":"2016-11-12T09:05:57","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T14:05:57","slug":"hispanic-and-black-males-are-less-likely-to-receive-prostate-cancer-treatment-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/17\/hispanic-and-black-males-are-less-likely-to-receive-prostate-cancer-treatment-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Hispanic and Black Males are Less Likely to Receive Prostate Cancer Treatment &#8211; Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2319\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2319 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/healthy-kidneys.jpg\" alt=\"Prostate Cancer\" width=\"200\" height=\"143\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prostate Cancer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black males are at greater risk of developing <a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\">prostate cancer<\/a> than any other race or ethnicity. Despite this, a recently published study shows that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2016\/10\/161007221714.htm\">black and Hispanic males<\/a> are least likely to receive treatment of all groups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Does Race Impact Prostate Cancer Treatment?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The study was conducted jointly by researchers from Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Participants included 327,641 men diagnosed with localized <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/08\/types-of-prostate-cancer\/\">prostate cancer<\/a> between 2004 and 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Data gathered by researchers included demographic data such as age, race and marital status along with two cancer-specific elements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gleason score, which indicates the relative aggressiveness of a tumor (a score of 7 to 10 is considered high-grade)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>D&#8217;Amico risk classification, which determines the risk of post-treatment recurrence (low, intermediate or high)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Within all three D&#8217;Amico categories, data analysis revealed that black males had &#8220;significantly lower odds&#8221; of receiving treatment. The same held true for Hispanic males in the intermediate- and high-risk categories.<\/p>\n<p>While some subjects may have followed a new approach called <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/08\/watchful-waiting-a-new-treatment-for-some-breast-cancer-patients\/\">watchful waiting<\/a>, wherein the patient continues to receive medical care but defers actual treatment, lead author Dr. Kelvin Moses of VUMC points to the &#8220;significant disparity&#8221; in treatment rates for African-American males. With Hispanic males not far behind, Dr. Moses hopes results of the study will prompt action within the medical community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Immunotherapy for Cancer Addresses Your Specific Needs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At Issels\u00ae, our personally tailored <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/20\/immunotherapy-is-the-hot-buzz-in-the-world-of-cancer-research-publications\/\">immunotherapy for cancer<\/a> programs have successfully treated patients with prostate cancer as well as other forms including breast, colon, lung, and melanoma. <a href=\"http:\/\/66.135.32.155\/issels\/Questionnaire\/request-issels-info.aspx\">Contact us today<\/a> for real-life testimonials from our patients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black males are at greater risk of developing prostate cancer than any other race or ethnicity. Despite this, a recently published study shows that black and Hispanic males are least likely to receive treatment of all groups. Does Race Impact Prostate Cancer Treatment? The study was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/17\/hispanic-and-black-males-are-less-likely-to-receive-prostate-cancer-treatment-why\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hispanic and Black Males are Less Likely to Receive Prostate Cancer Treatment &#8211; Why?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202,203,204],"tags":[554,254,259],"class_list":["post-2537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","category-cancer-research","category-living-with-cancer","tag-cancer-and-race","tag-cancer-awareness","tag-fighting-cancer"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2538,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537\/revisions\/2538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}