Racial Disparities in Testicular Cancer: Impact on Health Promotion

The present study sought to determine to what extent there was a difference in ethnicity between age and stage of testicular cancer. The sample, from National Cancer Institute data, included 7,777 men with testicular cancer. A one-way ANOVA was used for significant differences among racial groups in...

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Published in:Journal of transcultural nursing 2006-01, Vol.17 (1), p.58-64
Main Author: Gleason, Alexander M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age
Analysis of Variance
Ethnicity
Health Policy
Health Promotion
Health risk assessment
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Male
Minority Groups
Nursing
Testicular cancer
Testicular Neoplasms - ethnology
Testicular Neoplasms - pathology
Testicular Neoplasms - prevention & control
Transcultural nursing
United States - epidemiology
White people
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Summary:The present study sought to determine to what extent there was a difference in ethnicity between age and stage of testicular cancer. The sample, from National Cancer Institute data, included 7,777 men with testicular cancer. A one-way ANOVA was used for significant differences among racial groups in age and stage of tumor at diagnosis. The main research variables were race, age at diagnosis, and tumor stage. Hispanic males were found to be diagnosed at the significantly youngest age (29.8 years old) and White males at the oldest age (35.0). Even with the oldest age at diagnosis, White males were diagnosed at the significantly lowest tumor stage (M = 2.3), which was highest for Black males (2.5). Minority males are diagnosed at the earliest age, yet their tumor stage is significantly higher than that for White males. Therefore nurses need to screen all males regardless of ethnicity for testicular cancer.
ISSN:1043-6596
1552-7832
DOI:10.1177/1043659605281980