Secondary Treatment After Radical (STAR)

Prostatectomy in Black Men

The primary objective of this study is to understand patterns of surveillance and salvage therapy and their association with oncologic outcomes among Black men with localized prostate cancer through a comprehensive, mixed-methods study.

The formative quantitative and qualitative research data from this study will inform an intervention to promote patient decision-making around post-treatment surveillance and survivorship. Our goal is to improve the quality of post-diagnosis care received by Black men with clinically-significant, localized prostate cancer.

This approach is motivated by current understanding that provably efficacious primary surgery is underutilized in Black men with localized prostate cancer. It is unknown whether other treatment-related domains, such as post-treatment surveillance with PSA and/or use of secondary therapies (i.e., adjuvant/salvage radiation following surgery), demonstrate similar underutilization among Black men. Moreover, limited data exists on the challenges that Black men may face in their post-treatment survivorship and on the barriers that may exist to appropriate surveillance and secondary therapy utilization after primary treatment.

The secondary objective of this study is to empower a core group of patients, community partners, and advocates to drive innovative translational research efforts to address disparities in quality of care and survivorship among Black men with prostate cancer.

This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs under Grant Number W81XWH2110531.