A new update to the American Cancer Society's prostate cancer screening guideline now recommends screening to begin at 45 for Black men
Health should be a concern of the highest priority for anyone, and our Black brothers have a special obligation to take care of themselves against prostate cancer.
The American Cancer Society recently made updates to its guideline for prostate cancer screening in efforts to detect the disease before it spreads. Among the key changes includes a recommendation for annual PSA-based screening beginning at 45 years old for Black men due to a culturally-recognized high risk.
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ACS put together a modeling study to accurately evaluate the benefits and harms of PSA-based screening strategies, made possible through the combined efforts of clinicians, epidemiologists, biostatisticians and patient representatives.
Take a look below at the core updates made by ACS, via the official press release:
The updates were made following contemporary evidence gathered so far in the fight to reduce prostate cancer deaths and diagnoses of advanced-stage disease. According to Dr. William Dahut, chief scientific officer at the American Cancer Society and one of the authors in the study, it all goes back to easing the disease burden, going on to state, “Black men experience a 67% higher incidence and nearly double the mortality rate compared with White men, an inequity that needs immediate reversal.”
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