Rural-urban differences in the clinico-pathologic profiles of Jamaican men with prostate cancer
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- 作者：William D. Aiken ; Kieron S. Jones ; Camille Ragin…
- 关键词：Prostate cancer ; Black men ; African American ; Rural population ; Urban population ; Health services accessibility ; Awareness ; Early detection of cancer ; Health disparities
- 刊名：Infectious Agents and Cancer
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：10
- 期：1
- 全文大小：742 KB
- 刊物主题：Cancer Research; Infectious Diseases; Oncology;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1750-9378
文摘
Background Prostate cancer causes the highest number of cancer-related deaths in Jamaican men. It is not known whether rural-dwelling men present with worse disease than urban-dwelling men at initial presentation. Since rural and urban-dwelling Jamaicans are predominantly of African descent and generally similar in respect of racial composition, if any significant variation in initial presentation were found, it would suggest that these are likely due to differences in awareness, access to care, and screening patterns.