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Prostate Health Education Network (PHEN) set to host annual African American Prostate Cancer disparity summit
The Prostate Health Education Network (PHEN) will host its “Ninth Annual African American Prostate Cancer Disparity Summit” on September 19th and September 20th in Washington, D.C.
The summit assembles leaders within government, medicine and research, along with survivors and advocates to share and collectively address strategies to eliminate the prostate cancer racial disparity.
African American men in the United States have a 60 percent higher prostate cancer incidence rate and suffer a 140 percent higher death rate than men of any other racial or ethnic group.
“The release of multiple prostate cancer early detection screening guidelines during the past two years and the recent trend towards active surveillance has caused a tremendous amount of confusion within Black America. However, clarity is paramount for African American men who are facing prostate cancer incidence and death rates that are unprecedented compared to other men,” says PHEN president Thomas A. Farrington. “Our summit will strive to provide some clear answers and directions.”
The 2013 summit sessions are:
– Evaluating Early Detection Screening Guidelines;
– New Developments and Evolving Trends in Prostate Cancer;
– PHEN Community Education and Awareness Outreach Initiatives;
– Active Surveillance – To Treat or Not to Treat Prostate Cancer;
– New Diagnostics Tests for Informed Treatment Decisions;
– Clinical Trials Equity.
