prostate cancer summary

It is estimated that 1 in 7 black men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime, compared to 1 in 8 white men. During 2011-2015, the average annual prostate cancer incidence rate was 179 cases per 100,000 black men, 76% higher than the rate in white men. Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause […]

Prostate cancer occurs more often in African-American men than in white men. African-American men with prostate cancer are more likely to die from the disease than white men with prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men in the United States. In the United States, about one out of five men

African American men are at an increased risk for developing prostate cancer over white men and other men of color. One in six African American men will develop prostate cancer in his lifetime. Overall, African American men are 1.8 times more likely to be diagnosed with—and 2.2 times more likely to die from—prostate cancer than