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Article: Low awareness of prostate cancer among African-American men, survey shows - despite high incidence and mortality
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- Westside Gazette
- Article date:
- April 22, 2004
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One of the leading causes of death among African-American men is relatively unknown to them, according to results of a recent survey. Roughly 5,300 African-American men died from prostate cancer, and more than 27,000 were diagnosed with the disease, in 2003. Yet more than half of African-American men surveyed did not consider themselves at risk for prostate cancer.
"In general, prostate cancer is very curable, if it's caught early enough. Going to your doctor for annual check-ups could save your life," said Gerald Hoke, M.D., a urologist and member of the National Medical Association, an organization of African-American physicians. "Unfortunately, in the African-American community ...