Is prostate cancer different in black men? Answers from 3 natural history models.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Black men in the United States have substantially higher prostate cancer incidence rates than the general population. The extent to which this incidence disparity is because prostate cancer is more prevalent, more aggressive, and/or more frequently diagnosed in black men is unknown.

Methods

The authors estimated 3 independently developed models of prostate cancer natural history in black men and in the general population using an updated reconstruction of prostate-specific antigen screening, based on the National Health Interview Survey in 2005 and on prostate cancer incidence data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program during 1975 through 2000. By using the estimated models, the natural history of prostate cancer was compared between black m

SUBMITTER: Tsodikov A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5459620 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature