Trends in prostate cancer incidence among Black men in the Caribbean and the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prostate cancer incidence is highest for Black men of the African diaspora in the United States and Caribbean. Recent changes in recommendations for prostate cancer screening have been shown to decrease overall prostate cancer incidence and increase the likelihood of late stage disease. However, it is unclear how trends in prostate cancer characteristics among high risk Black men differ by geographic region during the changes in screening recommendations.

Methods

In this study, we used population-based prostate cancer registry data to describe age-adjusted prostate cancer incidence trends from 2008 to 2015 among Black men from six geographic regions. We obtained data on incident Black prostate cancer patients from six cancer registries (in the United States: Flori

SUBMITTER: Zeigler-Johnson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11256998 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature