Oncology

As researchers continue digging deeper into prostate cancer differences in black men, physicians are left with finding new ways to address disparities in their own communities. Active surveillance remains an option for identifying prostate cancer in black men, although low-grade prostate cancer is more aggressive in this population. Healthcare providers must also take into account...

By Gerardo Sison There is a long-standing history of black men and prostate cancer disparities, as evidenced by numerous studies. Some of the factors impacting racial differences in prostate cancer include screening, diagnosis, and treatment.  One multiple-cohort study from JAMA Oncology assessed prostate cancer outcomes and found that black men with prostate cancer faced multiple...

By: Gerardo Sison In the US, it’s not a question of whether African American men face poorer outcomes from prostate cancer. For every 100,000 white men, there are 105.7 new cases of prostate cancer and for every 100,000 black men, there are 178.3 new cases of prostate cancer.  While thousands of men are diagnosed with...

By Robin Baumeister Race accounts for higher mortality rates for all cancer sites, studies find. While this should come as no surprise, its gravity is no less present; regardless of gender, black cancer patients face higher mortality than their white peers.   Among black men, cancer incidence is also higher; black men have 25% higher incidence...

African-American men with low-risk prostate cancer have a significantly increased 10-year cumulative incidence of disease progression and definitive treatment than non-Hispanic White men, according to a study published in the Nov. 3 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Rishi Deka, Ph.D., from the VHA San Diego Health Care System in La Jolla, and...

Prostate Cancer Impacts Black Patients Disproportionately Written by Gerardo Sison While the overall incidence and mortality rates of prostate cancer have steadily decreased over the past decade, the health disparities between men by ethnicity have remained unchanged. In fact, the disparities between black men and white men in the US have actually increased. The incidence...

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among American men. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2020, nearly 200,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and more than 33,000 will die from the disease in the United States alone. A disproportionate number of these deaths will occur among men from racial/ethnic minority groups, particularly...

Elevated CA125 indicates higher risk for other cancers, especially in women aged ≥50 years   Cancer antigen 125 (CA125) can predict ovarian cancer in general practice, and elevated CA125 can also indicate an increased risk for nonovarian cancer, according to two studies presented at the 2019 National Cancer Research Institute Cancer Conference, held from Nov....

Our partners at the Prostate Health Education Network recently hosted their Summer Summit and Dr. Brent Rose, Assistant Professor at UC San Diego Health Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences presented findings on reducing prostate cancer disparities in African American men. Visit http://prostatehealthed.org for more prostate cancer insights and watch the video below.