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What is the significance of race to prostate carcinoma?
Author(s) -
Bostwick David G.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19990901)86:5<735::aid-cncr1>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - medicine , race (biology) , prostate , prostate cancer , prostate carcinoma , carcinoma , oncology , gynecology , cancer , gender studies , sociology
More prospective studies, such as that of Fowler and Bigler in this issue of Cancer, are needed to confirm and expand our understanding of racial factors related to prostate carcinoma. As these authors correctly note, differential risk has important implications for screening and early detection. Emphasis should also be placed on determining what genetic factors determine race and whether these factors are linked to the risk of prostate carcinoma. See also pages 836–41.