Prostate cancer disparities in Black men of African descent: A comparative literature review of prostate cancer burden among Black men in the United States, Caribbean, United Kingdom, and West Africa

Infectious Agents and Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Odedina, Folakemi T ^a   Akinremi, Titilola O ^b   Chinegwundoh, Frank ^c   Roberts, Robin ^d   Yu, Daohai ^a   Reams, R Renee ^e   Freedman, Matthew L ^f   Rivers, Brian ^a   Green, B Lee ^a   Kumar, Nagi ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Federal Medical Center FMC   (Nigeria)

^c BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Princess Margaret Hospital Nassau   (Bahamas)

^e FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BENIN; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GAMBIA; GHANA; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLICATION; SENEGAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60349091551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17509378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-9378-4-S1-S2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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