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Racial differences in prostate cancer screening by family history.
Annals of epidemiology - 1 Jul 2008
Drake Bettina F, Lathan Christopher S, Okechukwu Cassandra A, Bennett Gary G
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Prostate cancer (CaP) is disproportionately prevalent among black, compared to white, men. Additionally, men with a family history of CaP have 75% to 80% higher risk of CaP. Therefore we examined racial variation in the association of family history of CaP and self-reported prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing in the nationally-representative National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). METHODS: Data were...
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