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Study offers fresh insight into racial disparities in prostate cancer

African American doctor looking at X-rays

Among patients with metastatic castration‐resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) receiving abiraterone acetate (Zytiga) plus prednisone, survival outcomes were similar between Black and White men, while Black men trended toward higher declines in PSA and time to PSA progression (TTP), according to outcomes from a race-stratified prospective study.1,2

Several other key findings emerged from the trial, including higher treatment toxicity in Black men and the identification of a potential biomarker of ancestry‐dependent treatment outcomes.

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Source: Jason M. Broderick - Urology Times

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