Race, Ethnicity, and Perception of Prostate Cancer Risk

Researchers from the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD and Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Underwood), Buffalo, NY note that it is “imperative that men be knowledgeable enough to accurately weigh their specific risks and potential benefit” from prostate cancer screening. They also note that African American men are at higher risk for prostate cancer than non-Hispanic white men. With these factors in mind, they set out to determine whether perception of prostate cancer risk is associated with race/ethnicity or demographic characteristics in men without a history of the cancer.