Racial Disparities in Palliative Care for Prostate Cancer

Abstract

There is increased interest in management of patients at end of life and effective methods for palliating symptoms are increasingly available. There has been very little research on the use of palliative treatments. Our team has developed the tools/methods for working with SEER-Medicare. We plan to use analytic approaches and methods to explore racial disparities in the use of palliative treatment for prostate cancer. The long-term aim of this study isto have a better understanding of the racial disparities in the receipt of proven or widely accepted palliative treatments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1012242

Entities

People

  • Alfred I. Neugut

Organizations

  • Columbia University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Databases
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Disparities
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Neoplasms
  • Patient Care
  • Prostate
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Public Health
  • Spinal Cord
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Surgery
  • Therapy
  • Urban Areas

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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