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| Title |
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
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| Published in |
Infectious Agents and Cancer, February 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1750-9378-4-s1-s2 |
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| Authors |
Folakemi T Odedina, Titilola O Akinremi, Frank Chinegwundoh, Robin Roberts, Daohai Yu, R Renee Reams, Matthew L Freedman, Brian Rivers, B Lee Green, Nagi Kumar |
| Abstract |
African American men have the highest prostate cancer morbidity and mortality rates than any other racial or ethnic group in the US. Although the overall incidence of and mortality from prostate cancer has been declining in White men since 1991, the decline in African American men lags behind White men. Of particular concern is the growing literature on the disproportionate burden of prostate cancer among other Black men of West African ancestry in the Caribbean Islands, United Kingdom and West Africa. This higher incidence of prostate cancer observed in populations of African descent may be attributed to the fact that these populations share ancestral genetic factors. To better understand the burden of prostate cancer among men of West African Ancestry, we conducted a review of the literature on prostate cancer incidence, prevalence, and mortality in the countries connected by the Transatlantic Slave Trade. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 3 | 75% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 256 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Ghana | 2 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 250 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 39 | 15% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 32 | 13% |
| Researcher | 29 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 26 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 25 | 10% |
| Other | 59 | 23% |
| Unknown | 46 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 97 | 38% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 23 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 18 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 6% |
| Other | 35 | 14% |
| Unknown | 52 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 411. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 May 2022.
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