Differences in disease presentation, treatment outcomes, and toxicities in African American patients treated with radiation therapy for prostate cancer.

Objectives: We analyzed differences in disease presentation, outcomes, and toxicities between African American (AA) and White (W) men treated with definitive radiation therapy for their prostate cancer.

Methods: Three thousand one hundred eighty cases of prostate cancer treated with various radiation modalities at a single institution were reviewed. The cohort consisted of 92% W patients and 8% AA patients.