Posted on April 16, 2009 by Sitemaster
A study just published by Belpomme et al. analyzes risk for prostate cancer on the islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe in order to gain further insight into the etiology (underlying causes) of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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Posted on March 14, 2009 by Sitemaster
Jackson et al. have studied the association between dietary patterns and risk of prostate cancer in Jamaican men by conducting a case-control study of the diets of 204 histologically confirmed, newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients and 204 matched control patients attending urology clinics in Jamaica between 2004 and 2007. Diet was assessed by food frequency questionnaire. … READ MORE …
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Posted on March 12, 2009 by Sitemaster
Odedina et al. have reviewed available data on the incidence, prevalence, and mortality rates of prostate cancer among African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, and men in West African nations historically associated with the trans-Atlantic slave trade. They note the very high incidence of prostate cancer among all these groups, which appears to reflect an ancestral genetic predisposition for prostate cancer. They also note that the morbidity and mortality of prostate cancer among African Americans has been falling since 1991; however, the rate of that fall is less that among Caucasian Americans.
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Posted on March 8, 2009 by Sitemaster
Posted on February 17, 2009 by Sitemaster
The Puerto Rico Heart Health Program was a study of nearly 10,000 men in Puerto Rico aged between 35 and 79 years when the study started in 1965. The program was supervised by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (a part of the US National Institutes of Health). The men were followed until they died or until 1980, when morbidity and mortality follow-up concluded. The study was formally ended in 2002. … READ MORE …
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Posted on January 7, 2009 by Sitemaster
A recent study by Coarde and Skeete has suggested little change in the histopathology of prostate cancer diagnosed in Jamaica over the period 2002 to 2005, and that the results of this study are consistent with the lack of a national prostate cancer screening program in Jamaica.
Details of the results of this study are reported today on The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink.
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Posted on November 27, 2008 by Sitemaster
Posted on November 1, 2008 by Sitemaster
Posted on October 30, 2008 by Sitemaster
Gonzalez et al. have reported that men of Afro-Caribbean ethnicity living in Brooklyn, New York, are just as likely as white men to undergo initial PSA screening but they are much less likely to maintain annual screening. The authors comment on the importance of comprehensive discussion and annual examinations and the role of [primary care] physicians in ensuring PSA screening continuity. It would be interesting to know whether similar behavior patterns were evident in the Caribbean itself.
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Posted on October 28, 2008 by Sitemaster