Studies suggest racial disparity among prostate cancer patients

This month is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.

It’s common...impacting about a quarter of a million people each year, and those in the medical field notice there are racial disparities when it comes to a diagnosis and outcomes.

IT'S COMMON..IMPACTING ABOUT AQUARTER OF A MILLIONPEOPLE EACH YEAR.AND THOSE IN THEMEDICAL FIELD NOTICETHERE ARE RACIALDISPARITIES..WHEN IT COMES TO ADIAGNOSIS ANDOUTCOMES.EXPERTS HAVE NOTPINPOINTED ALL THEREASONS BEHIND THISDIFFERENCE.THEY BELIEVE THERECOULD BE A GENETICCOMPONENT BUT ALSOSOCIAL DIFFERENCES..LIKE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND SUPPORT...THAT MORE GREATLYAFFECTS AFRICANAMERICAN MEN.SOME MEN WHODEVELOP PROSTATECANCER..HAVE A LOW RISK ANDARE SIMPLY MONITOREDFOR CHANGES..DR.MICHAEL BAINE IS ARADIATION ONCOLOGISTWITH NEBRASKAMEDICINE ..HE SAYS STUDIESSUGGEST SOMEAFRICAN AMERICAN MENMAY NOT BEINGGETTING NEEDEDFOLLOW-UP CARE.5:46-03 ULTIMATELY WHATWE'RE SEEING IS THESEGENTLEMEN THEN END UPNOT BEING CAUGHT ASTHEY'RE TRANSITIONINGINTO A CANCER WE NEEDTO DO SOMETHING ABOUTAND INSTEAD THEY'REPRESENTING SEVERALYEARS DOWN THE ROADWHEN THE CANCER ISMUCH MORE ADVANCEDAND MUCH MOREDIFFICULT TO CURE.BAINE RECOMMENDSPATIENTS UNDERSTANDTHEIR PATH FOR CAREMOVING FORWARD, ANDIF THEY AREN'TRECEIVING IT, THEYSHOULD BE THEIR OWNADVOCATE AND SEEKSECOND OPINIONS.NORMALLY, HUNDREDSWOU