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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2001 93(15):1174-1175; doi:10.1093/jnci/93.15.1174
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 15, 1174-1175, August 1, 2001
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Re: Association of African-American Ethnic Background With Survival in Men With Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Anthony P. Polednak

Correspondence to: Anthony P. Polednak, Ph.D., Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Ave., Hartford, CT 06134–0308 (e-mail: anthony. polednak@po.state.ct.us).

Thompson et al. (1) recently reported statistically significantly higher all-cause mortality in 288 African-American men than in 975 white men (hazard ratio = 1.23 and 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.04 to 1.47, from a multivariate proportional hazards model that included prognostic variables) with metastatic prostate cancer. Although the authors (1) mentioned "education and poverty" as possible reasons for the difference . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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