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Individual- and neighborhood-level education influences the effect of obesity on prostate cancer treatment failure after prostatectomy

Authors :
Elaine Spangler
Jonathan A. Mitchell
Knashawn H. Morales
Charnita Zeigler-Johnson
Karen Glanz
Timothy R. Rebbeck
Source :
Cancer Causes & Control
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2015.

Abstract

Purpose The relationship between obesity and prostate cancer (CaP) treatment failure is complex and may vary by patient- and neighborhood-level educational attainment. We evaluated whether patient- and neighborhood-level education is associated with the effect of obesity on biochemical recurrence. Methods Seven hundred and forty-six CaP cases were classified into four groups: Concordant Low–Low: less educated cases (

Details

ISSN :
15737225 and 09575243
Volume :
26
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Cancer Causes & Control
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....d47cfc856c1a87b4d699981d2b648541
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-015-0628-y