Black Patient Prostate Cancer Screening Issues

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Dennis — No Comments ↓

Many studies have shown the negative effect health providers’ underlying prejudices can have on the doctor-patient relationship and the decisions patients make about their care. And according to a new study, oncologists are not immune.
Some cancer physicians are letting their implicit racial biases get in the way of quality treatment for Black patients.
Researchers at the Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, Michigan, studied video-recorded interactions between 18… Read More »

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Urine Test Identifies Tumor Grade Prostate Cancer

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Dennis — No Comments ↓

Despite its common use, the PSA blood test cannot distinguish between low-grade cancer and high-grade cancer. Low-grade cancer can be monitored and does not need active treatment whereas high-grade cancer requires surgery and radiation therapy.

A new urine test that can detect genetic changes correlated with prostate cancer correctly identified cancer grade in 92% of men with elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels had high-grade cancers.

A new study, published in… Read More »

Tagged with: African American Men, annual physical, Columbia University Medical Center, JAMA Oncology, James McKiernan, John K. Lattimer, MD, New York-Presbyterian/Columbia, prostate cancer, prostate cancer diagnosis, real men get tested, real men speak up, regular check ups, silence is not a cure, urine test for postate cancer

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