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Genomic Differences May Be Key to Overcoming Prostate Cancer Disparities Among African American Men - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - TAMPA, Fla. — Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer among American men after skin cancer, but the disease does not affect all races equally. African American men are nearly two times more likely to develop prostate cancer, and more often have an aggressive form of the disease that grows and spreads quickly. They are also two times more likely to die from prostate cancer compared to white men. While the health care community is aware of this disparity, little is known about why prostate cancer affects African American men differently. It has become increasingly evident that both socio-economic and biological factors may contribute to the disparity.
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