The Risk of Prostate Cancer amongst Black Men in the United Kingdom: The PROCESS Cohort Study

European Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-105

  Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^a,b   Evans, Simon ^a,b   Ibrahim, Fowzia ^a   Patel, Biral ^a,b   Anson, Ken ^c   Chinegwundoh, Frank ^d   Corbishley, Cathy ^c   Dorling, Danny ^e   Thomas, Bethan ^e   Gillatt, David ^f   Kirby, Roger ^c   Muir, Gordon ^g   Nargund, Vinod ^h   Popert, Rick ⁱ   Metcalfe, Chris ^a   Persad, Raj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 36448953068     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.02.047     Document Type: Article

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