Heterogeneous methodology of racial/ethnic classification may be responsible for the different risk assessments for prostate cancer between Black and White men in Brazil

Heterogeneous methodology of racial/ethnic classification may be responsible for the different risk assessments for prostate cancer between Black and White men in Brazil

Objectives To evaluate if the different results of prostate cancer risk between black and white Brazilian men may be associated with the varying methodology used to define participants as either Blacks or Whites. Patients and Methods We evaluated median PSA values, rate of PSA level ≥4.0 ng/mL, indi...

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Main Authors: Frederico R. Romero, Luiz Ricardo T. P. Xavier, Antonio W. Romero, Rui Manuel S. de Almeida, Jorge Eduardo F Matias, Renato Tambara Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2015-04-01
Series:International Brazilian Journal of Urology
Subjects:
Epidemiology
Prevalence
Prostatic Neoplasms
Race Relations
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