Long-term follow-up of a racially and ethnically diverse population of men with localized prostate cancer who did not undergo initial active treatment.

There is limited research on the racial/ethnic differences in long-term outcomes for men with untreated, localized prostate cancer.

Men diagnosed with localized, Gleason ≤7 prostate cancer who were not treated within 1 year of diagnosis from 1997-2007 were identified.