Prostate cancer and the social construct of race

In prostate cancer, as in most diseases, race correlates with health outcomes. The influence of race is primarily through socioeconomic influences rather than inherent biological influences. There may be some inherent biological risk of disease associated with area of geographic origin, but that is...

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Published in:	Cancer Vol. 127; no. 9; pp. 1374 - 1376
Main Author:	Brawley, Otis W.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01-05-2021
Subjects:	epidemiology genetics health outcomes Health risks Prostate cancer Race Risk assessment epidemiology health outcomes prostate cancer genetics race
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Summary:	In prostate cancer, as in most diseases, race correlates with health outcomes. The influence of race is primarily through socioeconomic influences rather than inherent biological influences. There may be some inherent biological risk of disease associated with area of geographic origin, but that is distinct from race.
Bibliography:	this issue. 1425‐1431 1517‐1528 and See referenced original articles on pages SourceType-Other Sources-1 content type line 63 ObjectType-Editorial-2 ObjectType-Commentary-1 ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:	0008-543X 1097-0142
DOI:	10.1002/cncr.33417