Rising metastatic prostate cancer rates but narrowing racial gap
The racial gap in metastatic PCa narrowed over the study period, while overall incidence increased. Higher screening rates among Black men in the early 2010s may explain the narrowing gap. The subsequent more rapid decline among Black men raises concerns about resurgence of racial disparities in the coming years.
Authors
- Stephan Korn
- Marianne Leitsmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4605-2020)
- Sascha Ahyai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3158-5470)
- Zhiyu Qian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3002-3380)
- Mansoo Cho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6165-3125)
- Hanna Zurl
- Kilian M. Pohl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5416-5159)
- Muhieddine Labban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4580-1915)
- Stuart R. Lipsitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2619-1389)
- Alexander P. Cole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0049-8529)
- Andrea Piccolini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6601-1244)
- Quoc-Dien Trinh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6752-0388)
- Sean A. Fletcher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4874-3552)
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Medical University of Graz (AT)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Massachusetts Mental Health Center (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital (IT)
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04448-6
- Primary Topic
- Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00