[HTML][HTML] Prostate cancer in Southern Africa: does Africa hold untapped potential to add value to the current understanding of a common disease?

VM Hayes, MSR Bornman - Journal of Global Oncology, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer diagnosis in men from economically
stable countries and is a leading cause of cancer-related death. 1 However, the population …

Prostate cancer perspective: Africa versus the world

B Marais, G Klopper, J John - South African Medical Journal, 2024 - journals.co.za
Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers among men, with a
rising global incidence. Currently, the PCa landscape is vastly different between developed …

Development, evaluation, and implementation of a pan-African cancer research network: men of African descent and carcinoma of the prostate

C Andrews, B Fortier, A Hayward… - Journal of global …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Cancer of the prostate (CaP) is the leading cancer among men in sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA). A substantial proportion of these men with CaP are diagnosed at late (usually …

Global patterns of prostate cancer incidence, aggressiveness, and mortality in men of african descent

TR Rebbeck, SS Devesa, BL Chang… - Prostate …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Prostate cancer (CaP) is the leading cancer among men of African descent in the USA,
Caribbean, and Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). The estimated number of CaP deaths in SSA …

Clinical presentation of prostate cancer in black South Africans

EA Tindall, LR Monare, DC Petersen, S Van Zyl… - The …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Compared with White Americans, Black American men are at a significant
increased risk of presenting with prostate cancer (PCa) and associated mortality, suggesting …

Genetic contributions to prostate cancer disparities in men of West African descent

JR Johnson, L Woods-Burnham, SE Hooker Jr… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most frequently diagnosed malignancy and the second
leading cause of death in men worldwide, after adjusting for age. According to the …

Prostate cancer incidence rates in Africa

LW Chu, J Ritchey, SS Devesa, SM Quraishi… - Prostate …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
African American men have among the highest prostate cancer incidence rates in the world
yet rates among their African counterparts are unclear. In this paper, we compared reported …

Is prostate cancer more common and more aggressive in African men?

CF Heyns - African journal of Urology, 2008 - Springer
The highest prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates in the world have been reported
among Black African-American men (AAM) living in the United States of America. These …

Prostate cancer: Prevalence and treatment in African men

CF Heyns, AT Lecuona, GS Trollip - Journal of Men's Health and …, 2005 - liebertpub.com
Epidemiological data from the United States of America (USA) indicate that the incidence
and mortality of prostate cancer is higher among Black African-American men (AAM) than …

Addressing the contribution of previously described genetic and epidemiological risk factors associated with increased prostate cancer risk and aggressive disease …

EA Tindall, MSR Bornman, S Van Zyl, AM Segone… - Bmc Urology, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background Although African ancestry represents a significant risk factor for
prostate cancer, few studies have investigated the significance of prostate cancer and …