Background. Racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care have been documented;
the elimination of such disparities is currently part of a national agenda. In order to meet this …

Cancer incidence and mortality rates show great variations across nations and between
population groups. These variations are largely explained by differences in age distribution …

The incidence and mortality rates of prostate cancer are significantly higher in African-
American men when compared with European-American men. We tested the hypothesis that …

Over the past decades, consistent studies have shown that race/ethnicity have a great
impact on cancer incidence, survival, drug response, molecular pathways and epigenetics …

PCGEM1 is a novel, highly prostate tissue-specific, androgen-regulated gene. Here, we
demonstrate that PCGEM1 expression is significantly higher in prostate cancer (CaP) cells …

Background In the US, the incidence and mortality of prostate cancer is about twofold higher
among US Blacks compared to Whites, suggesting racial differences in prostate tumor …

PURPOSE: To assess factors associated with perceptions of prostate cancer screening
among African-American men aged> or= 55 years based upon items developed using the …

In prostate cancer, race/ethnicity is the highest risk factor after adjusting for age. African
Americans have more aggressive tumors at every clinical stage of the disease, resulting in …

It is becoming clear that some of the differences in cancer risk, incidence and survival
among people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds can be attributed to biological …

Background Incidence rates for many types of cancer are higher among African American
men than in the general population, yet African American men are less likely to participate in …