The monograph focuses on treatment patterns in localized and regional stage cancers. Relative survival has increased over time for all grades of cancer. The lowest incidence rates are found in Native Americans and all other groups have lower rates than whites and blacks. The incidence rates peaked in 1992 for all groups except blacks, where it peaked in 1993. Stage distribution is similar across races, except the proportion with distant stage disease is higher for Hawaiians, Filipinos, and Native Americans.
Filipino men have slightly more poorly differentiated cancers than the other groups.
The proportion of tumors that are well or moderately differentiated is similar across all groups.