Open AccessWhy do African–American men face higher risks for lethal prostate cancer?
Author(s) -
Sujit S. Nair,
Dimple Chakravarty,
Zachary Dovey,
Xiangfu Zhang,
Ashutosh Tewari
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current opinion in urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.799
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1473-6586
pISSN - 0963-0643
DOI - 10.1097/mou.0000000000000951
Subject(s) - medicine , prostate cancer , oncology , cancer , gynecology
African-American men in the USA have a higher incidence of and mortality from prostate cancer (PCa), with a longstanding debate about the cause for these worse outcomes. This review examines differences in tumour biology and socioeconomics for African-American and Non-Hispanic White (NHW) men to answer the question 'why AA men face higher risks for lethal PCa' and draw a management consensus to redress the imbalance.