Sentences with phrase «cancer as white men»

But inequities between sub-populations in San Francisco were dramatic when expressed as rates, particularly for the African - American community where men have a 63 percent higher incidence and are more than twice as likely to die from prostate cancer as white men, the authors reported.

Black men in the United States still have nearly twice the lifetime probability of dying from prostate cancer as white men.

Not exact matches

New research points to a clue on why black men are twice as likely to die from prostate cancer than white men.

UNC Lineberger researchers led by Ronald C. Chen surveyed 1,171 men diagnosed with prostate cancer in North Carolina, finding that while both white and black men were concerned about curing their cancer and the quality - of - life impacts of treatment, more black men considered other social and personal factors — such as recovery time and cost — to be very important in their treatment decision - making.

«When comparing the highest to the lowest quintile of white meat intake, there was an inverse association for total mortality, and cancer mortality, as well as all other deaths for both men (Table 2) and women (Table 3).

When comparing the highest with the lowest quintile of white meat intake, there was an inverse association for total mortality and cancer mortality, as well as all other deaths for both men (Table 2) and women (Table 3).