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Association between African American race, clinical outcomes in men treated for low-risk prostate cancer with active surveillance

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JAMA Network

What The Study Did:
This observational study estimates the 10-year risk for disease progression, surgery, metastasis, and cause-specific and all-cause mortality among African American men with low-risk prostate cancer managed with active surveillance.

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Authors: 
Brent S. Rose, M.D., of the VHA San Diego Health Care System and the University of California San Diego School of Medicine in La Jolla, California, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jama.2020.17020)

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