Prostate cancer in black men

The aim of this paper is to emphasize the need for increase vigilance in evaluating the prostate for malignancy, and to widen the age grouping in black men. A literature search was carried out and statistics of the American Cancer Society were reviewed. Correspondence was undertaken with urologists in large and small populations of the United States of America, Africa and the Caribbean. Some mixed races (some all black) and a report on the concerns and recommendations of a joint meeting of the American Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were incorporated (November 1997, Houston, Texas).(AU)