Are African Americans Predisposed? The State of Genetics Research
 
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| Ronald A. Morton Jr., MD, Assistant Professor, Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, looks critically at the hypothesis that African-American men are genetically predisposed to prostate cancer. He discusses several studies of hereditary prostate cancer, genes associated with prostate cancer, and susceptibility alleles. He questions whether the biological concept of race is sufficiently valid to explain the racial disparity in prostate cancer. He concludes that no genetic alterations discovered so far account for the large differences between prostate cancer in African Americans and Caucasians. He asks whether it may be as important to look for genetic alterations that predispose Caucasian men to have less advanced prostate cancer as it is to look for alterations that predispose African Americans to have more advanced disease. |
| Speaker: |
Ronald A. Morton Jr., MD |
| Affiliation: |
Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine |
| Duration: |
19 Minute(s), 34 Seconds(s) |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
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