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Open AccessCigarette smoking and prostate cancer aggressiveness among African and European American men
Smoking is a modifiable lifestyle factor that has not been established as a prostate cancer risk factor, nor emphasized in prostate cancer prevention. Studies have shown that African American (AA) smokers have...
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Understanding mechanisms of racial disparities in breast cancer: an assessment of screening and regular care in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study
Screening history influences stage at detection, but regular preventive care may also influence breast tumor diagnostic characteristics. Few studies have evaluated healthcare utilization (both screening and pr...
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Open AccessLinking African ancestral substructure to prostate cancer health disparities
Prostate cancer (PCa) is a significant health burden in Sub-Saharan Africa, with mortality rates loosely linked to African ancestry. Yet studies aimed at identifying contributing risk factors are lacking withi...
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Testosterone therapy and cancer risks among men in the SEER-Medicare linked database
We examined associations between two forms of testosterone therapy (TT) and risks of seven cancers among men.
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Racial and ethnic differences in risk of second primary cancers among prostate cancer survivors
Previous studies have shown an overall decreased risk of second cancers among prostate cancer survivors, but this has not been comprehensively examined by race/ethnicity. We conducted a retrospective cohort st...
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Open AccessFatal prostate cancer incidence trends in the United States and England by race, stage, and treatment
Differential uptake of prostate-specific antigen testing in the US and UK has been linked to between-country differences for prostate cancer incidence. We examined stage-specific fatal prostate cancer incidence t...
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Active smoking and risk of Luminal and Basal-like breast cancer subtypes in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study
Growing evidence suggests an association between active cigarette smoking and increased breast cancer risk. However, the weak magnitude of association and conflicting results have yielded uncertainty and it is...
