Lowering the recommended age for baseline prostate-specific antigen (PSA) would reduce prostate cancer deaths by about 30% in Black men without significantly increasing the rate of overdiagnosis, according to new screening guidelines from the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Specifically, baseline PSA testing in Black men should begin at age 40-45, sooner than current guidelines recommend, and...
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Detecting risk of metastatic prostate cancer in Black men
by American Chemical Society Prostate cancer cells. Credit: NIH Image Gallery To explore why prostate cancer disproportionately sickens and kills Black men, researchers are looking to another disorder, diabetes, which alters metabolism. They used this approach in a preliminary clinical trial and today report the identification of four metabolism-related biomarkers linked to an increased risk of metastatic prostate...
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Black men are more likely to die from skin cancer because they’re getting diagnosed later. Here are 3 early signs to watch out for
Julia Pugachevsky Jul 11, 2023, 1:42 PM MST AndreyPopov/Getty Images A new study found that Black men had higher rates of advanced melanoma compared to white men. Black men also had lower five-year survival rates for skin cancer. Here are some of the most important places for Black men to check for skin cancer. A new...
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Many Black men with ‘normal’ lung function may actually have emphysema
by American Thoracic Society Black men with emphysema may be misdiagnosed because of race-specific adjustments to spirometry. Credit: ATS A significant percentage of Black men found to have normal lung function after race-based adjustments to spirometry were actually found to have emphysema on their computed tomography (CT) scans, according to research published at the ATS...