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New Hurdle Seen to Prostate Screening: Primary-Care Docs

The new qualitative study published this week in JAMA Network Open showed that Black men often view their primary-care providers as the gatekeepers to receiving a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test, which is the first step to screening for prostate cancer. But the 29 Black men interviewed for this study related that, in many instances, their providers dismissed the PSA test as unnecessary and did not have the background knowledge that Black men are highly at risk for this type of cancer. Black men also tend to be diagnosed at an earlier age, and at a later stage of disease than other men. "Which is why we are focused on PSA screening to catch the disease earlier, when it is more treatable," lead author Jenney Lee said.

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