AUA 2013: Prostate Cancer

The incidence is 10 times greater for men with rheumatoid arthritis compared with the general population.

They are more likely than non-blacks to experience progression and to abandon active surveillance.

Only 22% of randomized clinical trials reported participation of black men.

Older men with non-metastatic PCa and who have multiple major comorbidities are at high risk of dying from other causes.

Study of PCa patients who had equal access to healthcare found that those most likely to die from it had metastatic disease at presentation.