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ArticleCancer letters2022

Racial disparities in prostate cancer: A complex interplay between socioeconomic inequities and genomics.

Dallin Lowder, Kinza Rizwan, Collin McColl, Alyssa Paparella, Michael Ittmann, Nicholas Mitsiades, Salma Kaochar

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Article in Cancer letters, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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73citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
12.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

73 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Inclusivity in prostate cancer and exercise research: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dallin LowderDepartment of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Kinza RizwanDepartment of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Collin McCollDepartment of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Alyssa PaparellaDepartment of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Michael IttmannDepartment of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Nicholas MitsiadesDepartment of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Salma KaocharDepartment of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: salma.kaochar@bcm.edu.
Baylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYT32GM008231 · NIGMS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI NELSON, DAVID LOREN · 1990 to 2019
$7.2M
THE RNA HELICASE EIF4A IS A THERAPEUTIC VULNERABILITY IN TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCERU54CA233223 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI MITSIADES, NICHOLAS · 2018 to 2022
$7.0M
The Clinical Translational Research Certificate of Added Qualification ProgramT32GM136554 · NIGMS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Melissa Suter, IGNATIA B VAN DEN VEYVER · 2020 to 2026
$3.0M
Targeting Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer via Potent Inhibition of Signaling LipidsR01CA251560 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI KAOCHAR, SALMA · 2022 to 2025
$2.4M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA251560NCI NIH HHS U54 CA233223NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008231NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM136554
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The largest US cancer health disparity exists in prostate cancer, with Black men having more than a two-fold increased risk of dying from prostate cancer compared to all other races. This disparity is a result of a complex network of factors including socioeconomic status (SES), environmental exposures, and genetics/biology. Inequity in the US healthcare system has emerged as a major driver of disparity in prostate cancer outcomes and has raised concerns that the actual incidence rates may be higher than current estimates. However, emerging studies argue that equalizing healthcare access will not fully eliminate racial health disparities and highlight the important role of biology. Significant differences have been observed in prostate cancer biology between ancestral groups that may contribute to prostate cancer health disparities. Notably, relative to White men, Black men with prostate cancer exhibit increased androgen receptor signaling, genomic instability, metabolic dysregulation, and inflammatory and cytokine signaling. Immediate actions are needed to increase multi-center, interdisciplinary research to bridge the gap between social and biological determinants of prostate cancer health disparities.

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Prostatic NeoplasmsWhite PeopleBlack or African AmericanGenomicsHealthcare DisparitiesHealth Status DisparitiesHumansMaleSocioeconomic FactorsAfrican AmericanAndrogenDNA DamageInflammationOutcomesSocial determinantsTumor microenvironment

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PMID35122875
PMCPMC9701576
OpenAlexW4210555931

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