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SUBMITTER: King Thomas J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6966521 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
King Thomas Jeronay J Mir Hina H Kapur Neeraj N Singh Shailesh S
Cancers 20191125 12
Prostate cancer affects African Americans disproportionately by exhibiting greater incidence, rapid disease progression, and higher mortality when compared to their Caucasian counterparts. Additionally, standard treatment interventions do not achieve similar outcome in African Americans compared to Caucasian Americans, indicating differences in host factors contributing to racial disparity. African Americans have allelic variants and hyper-expression of genes that often lead to an immunosuppress ...[more]