Prostate Cancer in Blacks and Hispanics More Aggressive and Poorly Treated in US, Study Says October 19, 2016 African-American and Hispanic prostate cancer patients are at higher risk of aggressive disease — but less likely to be treated for their cancer — than whites or people of Asian descent in the United States, researchers reported. The study, “Racial/Ethnic Disparity in Treatment for Prostate Cancer: Does Cancer Severity Matter,” published in the journal Urology, was developed at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Read more here.Source: Prostate Cancer News Today Prostate Cancer News
African-American and Hispanic prostate cancer patients are at higher risk of aggressive disease — but less likely to be treated for their cancer — than whites or people of Asian descent in the United States, researchers reported. The study, “Racial/Ethnic Disparity in Treatment for Prostate Cancer: Does Cancer Severity Matter,” published in the journal Urology, was developed at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Read more here.Source: Prostate Cancer News Today
