A unifying model to explain the increased incidence and higher mortality of prostate cancer in black men

Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1073-1076

  Montie, James E ^a,b   Pienta, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGE; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; DIET; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; REVIEW;

EID: 0033153495     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(99)00047-3     Document Type: Note

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