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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2001 93(5):342-344; doi:10.1093/jnci/93.5.342
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 5, 342-344, March 7, 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press

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African-Americans And Prostate Cancer: Why the Discrepancies?

Jemarion Jones

Age is the biggest risk factor for developing prostate cancer; more than 75% of men diagnosed with prostate cancer are over age 65. In theory, ethnicity should be independent of such statistics. But the disease disproportionately affects African-American men, who, along with black Jamaican men, have the highest prostate cancer incidence rates in the world.

A study in this issue of the Journal (see article, p. 388) looked at factors such age, insurance status, income, and prostate-specific antigen level to try to explain why African-Americans have twice the risk of non-Hispanic whites of presenting with advanced-stage prostate cancer. The results showed that no single element that could explain the differences.

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