Hearing the words “you have prostate cancer” from your doctor is sure to be a scary moment for anyone. Your brain is probably swimming with questions, as well as feelings of uncertainty. And if you are caring for a loved one with prostate cancer, you likely have just as many questions about things you want […]
September is prostate cancer awareness month, a disease that affects the lives of more than 3 million men every year across the globe. In the United States, one in nine men will learn of their diagnosis of prostate cancer in their lifetime, making this the second most common cancer in American men. Prostate cancer survival […]
Black men are more likely to develop prostate cancer and twice as likely to die from the disease, as compared to White men. Prostate cancer, of all the forms of cancer, continues to have the widest racial disparity. It is not solely a matter of differences in utilization of screenings. The racial disparities appear at every stage of […]