We used the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database to identify 1794 men with low-risk lowvolume
prostate cancer who underwent surgery. We compared the pathologic findings according to race and
found no significant differences in pathologic stage or grade between African-American and Caucasian men.
These data support the continued use of active surveillance in the African-American population.
Background: Because of recent reports that suggested more pathologically aggressive disease in African-American
(AA) men, we sought to compare pathologic features between AA and Caucasian-American men with low-risk,
low-volume prostate cancer.