Socioeconomic differences in prostate cancer diagnosis and stage following the introduction of Rapid Access Prostate Clinics in Ireland
C. Haugh, S. Walter, P. Sweeney, J. McDevitt, D. Murray, M.T. Redaniel · 2026
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Haugh and co-authors study whether fast-track prostate clinics changed who gets diagnosed early in Ireland, in a paper from 2026. Rapid Access Prostate Clinics opened in 2009 to centralize testing in cancer centers. Even with a standard path, richer and poorer men test and get referred at distinct rates.
Registry data covered men aged fifty to seventy diagnosed from 2000 to 2022. Each man's area supplied a deprivation score. Time-series models split the trend at the clinics' arrival. Stage at diagnosis was tracked beside raw case counts. The team asked whether the new system narrowed or widened the social gap. Fair access is the test any central service must pass.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | C. Haugh, S. Walter, P. Sweeney, J. McDevitt, D. Murray, M.T. Redaniel |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |