Data from what appears to be one of the largest registry studies to date suggest that race does not increase risk for upstaging or upgrading in men who are eligible candidates for active surveillance. … READ MORE …
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There have been reports in the recent past that active surveillance may be less appropriate for African-American men than it is for others; and then there have been reports that did not show such an effect. … READ MORE …
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It is well understood that African-American men and other “black” males of African ethnic origin are at greater risk for prostate cancer (at least here in America) than are non-Hispanic “white” males. What has been less clear is whether such black males are conscious of that risk and take appropriate action. … READ MORE …
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A new study from a research group on New Zealand has again raised questions about risks from prostate cancer among men from different ethnic backgrounds, and whether these differences in risk are inherent (genetic) or related to lifestyle and other socio-economic issues. … READ MORE …
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Historically there has been a perception that risk for diagnosis with and death from prostate cancer among men of East Asian ethnicity was lower than that among men of European/Caucasian ethnicity. … READ MORE …
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There have been a number of suggestions (as yet unproven) that African American men (and perhaps other men of black African ethnicity) may be less good candidates for active surveillance than men of Caucasian and Hispanic ethnicity. … READ MORE …
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A newly published article in the British Medical Journal has shown that black males in England are twice as likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer as white males, and are twice as likely to die of prostate cancer too. … READ MORE …
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In the past few years we have become used to seeing data from a range of studies suggesting that ongoing statin therapy is associated with both a lowered risk for diagnosis with prostate cancer and beneficial impact on the outcomes of treatment for prostate cancer once diagnosed. However, … READ MORE …
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The prevalence of prostate cancer in Arab populations is significantly lower than that in Western (predominantly Caucasian) populations. However, we have very few good data on the relative risks for a diagnosis of prostate cancer in men of Arab as opposed to Caucasian ethnicity. … READ MORE …
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A new article in Urology (“the Gold journal”) suggests that African American men diagnosed with low-risk forms of prostate cancer may need to meet more stringent criteria than Caucasian Americans if they are to be appropriately managed on active surveillance protocols. Why? Because they appear to be at higher risk for disease progression. … READ MORE …
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Data to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) on Sunday, June 3, suggest that African American men with localized prostate cancer may be less likely that Caucasian men to respond well to active surveillance as a management strategy. However, this conclusion comes from a retrospective analysis of data from a relatively small, single-institution case series. … READ MORE …
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According to new data from a study at the University of Chicago, African-American males scheduled for a prostate biopsy are at greater risk for a positive diagnosis of cancer than white males and they also significantly underestimate their probability of a positive biopsy result. … READ MORE …
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A review article on issues affecting perceptions of prostate cancer among Black men of African, Afro-Caribbean, and African American ethnicity has highlit the very limited data available about prostate cancer, its diagnosis, and its management in males from specific ethnic groups inside and outside the USA. … READ MORE …
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One of the other major initiatives that have been funded over several years by the Department of Defense’s Prostate Cancer Research Program is the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (often just known as PCaP). … READ MORE …
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