Fast Five Quiz: Advanced and Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Daniel S. Schwartz, MD, MBA

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May 02, 2022

Figure 1. Metastatic prostate cancer, 3D CT scan.

African American men are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer and are also more likely to be diagnosed at an earlier age, have higher prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, and worse overall survival than non-Hispanic White men in the United States.

Internationally, the incidence of prostate cancer varies by more than fifty-fold, with the highest rates in northern Europe, North America, Australia, and central Europe.

Learn more about the epidemiology of advanced and metastatic prostate cancer.

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