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Article: 'It's not always prostate cancer.'.(HOUSE CALL)(Disease/Disorder overview)
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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Medical experts, such as Dr. Brian A. Stone, say African-American men are exceedingly vulnerable to prostate cancer, but that symptoms usually associated with the disease can also be associated with other conditions.
Just in case you didn't know, prostate cancer remains the most commonly diagnosed cancer in American men. Over 200,000 cases are diagnosed and almost 30,000 men die from this disease annually. The bad news is that men of African descent in America die from prostate cancer three times the rate of Caucasians. Prostate cancer is typically a silent invader. The majority of cases are detected based on an abnormal blood test called PSA (prostate specific ...