Sooner is Safer

The African-American men are at greater risk for prostate cancer than white men.  An African-American man has a 1-in-9 chance of developing the disease, while a white man has a 1-in-11 chance.  duke researchers have found that survival rates for both African American and whites are nearly equal if their cancers are caught at the same stage.  

As a result of the findings, the researchers are suggesting that African-american men should start getting regular prostate examinations at the age of 40, 10 years earlier than generally recommended. "By lowering the age for African-Americans by a decade, we hope that the cancer can be detected earlier, while it's still confined to the prostate and most successfully treated, says Duke urologist George Ibrahim, M.D. Source: Men's health