Do African-American men need separate prostate cancer screening guidelines?

摘要: In 2012, the United States Preventative Services Task Force issued new guidelines recommending that male U.S. residents, irrespective of race, no longer be screened for prostate cancer. African American men, incidence cancer is almost 60 % higher and mortality rate two to three times greater than in Caucasians. The purpose this study reduce men's burden by demonstrating they need separate screening guidelines. We performed a PubMed search using keywords: American, Prostate cancer, Outcomes, Molecular markers, Prostate-specific Antigen velocity, PSA density, derive data relevant our hypothesis. literature review, we identified several aspects are different Caucasian men. These included outcome, clinical course disease, serum levels, genetic differences, social barriers. It's also important note USPSTF were based on studies, one which reported only 4 % its participants American. other did not report demographic information, but used from seven European countries with small populations. Given above, conclude greatly necessary help save lives Americans.