National Cancer System Characteristics and Prostate Cancer Outcomes: An Analysis of Global Data
Analysis of global data and health-system metrics suggest that surgical workforce, degree of UHC, availability of radiotherapy centers, and GDP per capita are independently associated with improved prostate cancer outcomes. In leveraging individual countries' health systems as data points, these findings may guide health system planning and prioritization. Efforts to strengthen access to surgery and radiotherapy in the context of broader and equitable cancer system strengthening may represent concrete points of action for public health efforts, given the growing global burden of prostate cancer.
Authors
- Anderson Kirk Nigel G. Tan
- Dana E. Rathkopf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4503-7582)
- Aditya Narayan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2427-6445)
- James Fan Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7447-6173)
- Sean Matthew McBride (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9676-1669)
- Paul Linh Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4268-3973)
- Daniel Gorovets (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0529-0812)
- Brandon A. Mahal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5406-3232)
- Kenrick Ng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9132-4075)
- Himanshu Nagar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2381-6910)
- Edward Christopher Dee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6119-0889)
- Kaitlyn Lapen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3193-7950)
- Ranvir Iyengar
- Frances Dominique V. Ho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9812-6207)
- Erin Jay G. Feliciano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4156-7711)
- Jonas Willmann
- Megan Lorenza L. Cabaero
Institutions
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- Ateneo de Manila University (PH)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
- Elmhurst Hospital Center (US)
- University of the Philippines Manila (PH)
- Stanford University (US)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Prostate
- Published
- 2025-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pros.24901
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 12.52
Funders
- National Cancer Institute