Tag: Prostate Cancer
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Prostate Cancer: Black Men Learn How to Stay Alive
By Dianne Anderson It takes a good strong woman to drag a man down to the doctor’s office, usually kicking and screaming, at the thought of their annual prostate exam. But a lot of times, health advocate Michael Lexion sees men in his sessions who wonder why the women are allowed in the room at ... -
Study on Aggressive Prostate Cancer in African-American Men
The largest coordinated research effort to study biological and non-biological factors associated with aggressive prostate cancer in African-American men has begun. The $26.5 million study is called RESPOND, or Research on Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry: Defining the Roles of Genetics, Tumor Markers, and Social Stress. It will investigate environmental and genetic factors ...