Health inequity drives disease biology to create disparities in prostate cancer outcomes

WG Nelson, OW Brawley, WB Isaacs… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Prostate cancer exerts a greater toll on African American men than on White men of
European descent (hereafter referred to as European American men): the disparity in …

Genetic and biological drivers of prostate cancer disparities in Black men

J Gong, DM Kim, MR Freeman, H Kim, L Ellis… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Black men with prostate cancer have historically had worse outcomes than white men with
prostate cancer. The causes of this disparity in outcomes are multi-factorial, but a potential …

Cribriform and intraductal prostate cancer are associated with increased genomic instability and distinct genomic alterations

R Böttcher, CF Kweldam, J Livingstone, E Lalonde… - BMC cancer, 2018 - Springer
Background Invasive cribriform and intraductal carcinoma (CR/IDC) is associated with
adverse outcome of prostate cancer patients. The aim of this study was to determine the …

TACC3 promotes epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) through the activation of PI3K/Akt and ERK signaling pathways

GH Ha, JS Park, EKY Breuer - Cancer letters, 2013 - Elsevier
Transforming acidic coiled-coil protein 3 (TACC3) is a member of the TACC family, essential
for mitotic spindle dynamics and centrosome integrity during mitosis. Mounting evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Recurrent copy number alterations in prostate cancer: an in silico meta-analysis of publicly available genomic data

JL Williams, PA Greer, JA Squire - Cancer genetics, 2014 - Elsevier
We present a meta-analysis of somatic copy number alterations (CNAs) from 11 publications
that examined 662 prostate cancer patient samples, which were derived from 546 primary …

Interactions among genes, tumor biology and the environment in cancer health disparities: examining the evidence on a national and global scale

TA Wallace, DN Martin, S Ambs - Carcinogenesis, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Cancer incidence and mortality rates show great variations across nations and between
population groups. These variations are largely explained by differences in age distribution …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated genomic analyses identify ERRFI1 and TACC3 as glioblastoma-targeted genes

CG Duncan, PJ Killela, CA Payne, B Lampson… - Oncotarget, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The glioblastoma genome displays remarkable chromosomal aberrations, which harbor
critical glioblastoma-specific genes contributing to several oncogenetic pathways. To identify …

Biological determinants of health disparities in prostate cancer

DN Martin, AM Starks, S Ambs - Current opinion in oncology, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Biological determinants of health disparities in prostate ca... : Current Opinion in Oncology
Biological determinants of health disparities in prostate cancer : Current Opinion in Oncology …

Minireview: the molecular and genomic basis for prostate cancer health disparities

IJ Powell, A Bollig-Fischer - Molecular endocrinology, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Despite more aggressive screening across all demographics and gradual declines in
mortality related to prostate cancer (PCa) in the United States, race disparities persist. For …

Distinct genomic alterations in prostate tumors derived from African American men

W Liu, SL Zheng, R Na, L Wei, J Sun, J Gallagher… - Molecular Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
We aim to understand, from acquired genetic alterations in tumors, why African American
(AA) men are more likely to develop aggressive prostate cancer. By analyzing somatic …