Prostate cancer disparities in Black men of African descent: a comparative literature review of prostate cancer burden among Black men in the United States, Caribbean, United Kingdom, and West Africa

T. Odedina, Folakemi; O Akinremi, Titilola; Chinegwundoh, Frank; Roberts, Robin; Yu, Daohai; R. Reams, Romonia; L. Freedman, Matthew; M. Rivers, Brian; Lee Green, B; B. Kumar, Nagi

doi:10.1186/1750-9378-4-s1-s2

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Prostate cancer disparities in Black men of African descent: a comparative literature review of prostate cancer burden among Black men in the United States, Caribbean, United Kingdom, and West Africa

Published in Infectious Agents and Cancer • Feb 1, 2009

Authors:

Folakemi T. Odedina

Titilola O Akinremi

Frank Chinegwundoh

Abstract

BACKGROUND: African American men have the highest prostate cancer morbidity and mortality rates than any other racial or ethnic group in the US. Although the overall incidence of and mortality from prostate cancer has been declining in White men since 1991, the decline in African American men lags b...

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Prostate cancer

Medicine

Incidence (geometry)

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