Ethnic Difference in Risk of Toxicity in Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with Dynamic Arc Radiation Therapy

Abstract

Our findings suggest an ethnic difference in GU toxicity for PC patients treated with ART. In addition, we found that ART is associated with a very low risk of severe toxicity and a low recurrence rate.

Effect of Race and Ethnicity on Risk of Radiotherapy Toxicity and Implications for Radiogenomics

“…Authors discussed the finding of higher toxicities in Black compared with White patients as potentially associated with reduced access to experienced providers [51] and mediated by sociodemographic factors [55]. Abdalla et al [47] reported that their results, in terms of race and access to hospitals, need to be interpreted cautiously.…”