Prostate Cancer Screening: A Racial Dichotomy

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dc.contributor.authorCalsoyas, Isis
dc.contributor.authorStratton, M. Suzanne
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T14:58:11Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T14:58:11Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractTHE RACIAL DISPARITY OBSERVED IN PROSTATE cancer incidence and mortality rates between African American and white men in the United States is the subject of intense investigation. Various reports, including those of the American Cancer Society (ACS)1 and the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program of the National Cancer Institute,2 indicate that African American men are at the highest risk for developing prostate cancer and have overall mortality rates 2-fold higher than white men. In this issue of ARCHIVES, Gilligan et al3 examine rates of prostate cancer screening in African American men compared with men of other races in the United States. Data adjusted for socioeconomic status and comorbidities in this report show that African American men are less likely to undergo routine screening for prostate cancer as recommended by the ACS, which suggests that greater efforts must be made to advocate screening in this population to reduce prostate cancer mortality.
dc.description.urihttp://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/164/17/1830
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/lz37-ijli
dc.identifier.citationCalsoyas, Isis and Stratton, M. Suzanne (2004) Prostate Cancer Screening: A Racial Dichotomy. Archives of Internal Medicine, 164. pp. 1830-1832.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 95
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22309
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectCancer
dc.subjectoutreach
dc.subjectinterventions
dc.subjectservice
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjectprostate cancer
dc.subjectscreening
dc.subjectracial disparity
dc.subjectAfrican American men
dc.subjectwhite men
dc.subjectAmerican Cancer Society
dc.titleProstate Cancer Screening: A Racial Dichotomy
dc.typeArticle

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