National Cancer System Characteristics and Prostate Cancer Outcomes: An Analysis of Global Data

Analysis of global data and health-system metrics suggest that surgical workforce, degree of UHC, availability of radiotherapy centers, and GDP per capita are independently associated with improved prostate cancer outcomes. In leveraging individual countries' health systems as data points, these findings may guide health system planning and prioritization. Efforts to strengthen access to surgery and radiotherapy in the context of broader and equitable cancer system strengthening may represent concrete points of action for public health efforts, given the growing global burden of prostate cancer.