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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003 95(18):1356-1357; doi:10.1093/jnci/95.18.1356
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Study Seeks to Clarify Genetic Basis of Prostate Cancer in African Americans

Tom Reynolds

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More than 100 African American families have enrolled in a nationwide study to help unravel the genetic basis of prostate cancer, a disease that has disproportionately affected black men.

The African American Hereditary Prostate Cancer (AAHPC) study—taking advantage of the latest genomic resources and technology—is a landmark in several ways. One of the most comprehensive prostate cancer family studies yet, it also offers a model for researchers who seek to recruit African Americans to clinical and genetic studies.

Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, said the study, sponsored by NHGRI and the National Cancer Institute, and coordinated by Howard University in Washington, D.C., represents "the most impressive collection of prostate cancer families from any ethnic group."

Medical scientists have long been frustrated by their failure to engage more African Americans . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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