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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2021

Genetic Contributions to Prostate Cancer Disparities in Men of West African Descent.

Jabril R Johnson, Leanne Woods-Burnham, Stanley E Hooker, Ken Batai, Rick A Kittles

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Ethnic disparities in survival and progression among EGFR-mutated adenocarcinoma of lung cancer patients treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jabril R JohnsonDivision of Health Equities, Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, United States.
Leanne Woods-BurnhamDivision of Health Equities, Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, United States.
Stanley E HookerDivision of Health Equities, Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, United States.
Ken BataiDepartment of Urology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
Rick A KittlesDivision of Health Equities, Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, United States.

Funding

DNA Damage Response and Oncogenic SignalingT32CA186895 · NCI · BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE · PI BINGHUI SHEN, Jeremy Michael Stark · 2016 to 2026
$2.1M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA186895
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most frequently diagnosed malignancy and the second leading cause of death in men worldwide, after adjusting for age. According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, continents such as North America and Europe report higher incidence of PCa; however, mortality rates are highest among men of African ancestry in the western, southern, and central regions of Africa and the Caribbean. The American Cancer Society reports, African Americans (AAs), in the United States, have a 1.7 increased incidence and 2.4 times higher mortality rate, compared to European American's (EAs). Hence, early population history in west Africa and the subsequent African Diaspora may play an important role in understanding the global disproportionate burden of PCa shared among Africans and other men of African descent. Nonetheless, disparities involved in diagnosis, treatment, and survival of PCa patients has also been correlated to socioeconomic status, education and access to healthcare. Although recent studies suggest equal PCa treatments yield equal outcomes among patients, data illuminates an unsettling reality of disparities in treatment and care in both, developed and developing countries, especially for men of African descent. Yet, even after adjusting for the effects of the aforementioned factors; racial disparities in mortality rates remain significant. This suggests that molecular and genomic factors may account for much of PCa disparities.

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geneticsGWASprecision medicineprostate cancer disparitiesprostate cancer geneticsprostate cancer screeningsocioeconomic statusVitamin D

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PMID34820334
PMCPMC8606679

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