Malecare.org: Black men suffer prostate cancer at twice the rate as whites

From malecare.org:

The African American experience of Prostate Cancer is a rarely told story.

African American men suffer from Prostate Cancer more than anyone, anywhere. If we want better treatments, then we've got to tell folks what it means to be a African American man diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. Please go to http://twiceasmany.org/prostate_cancer_story/ and write a few paragraphs about your experience with prostate cancer OR email twiceasmany@malecare.org and we'll set up a time for a telephone interview.

The stories we collect will be used for support, advocacy and promotion of research into why Prostate Cancer kills African American men at more than twice the rate as white men.

What we don't know is staggering. We don't know if the hospital, clinic and doctors office experience is culpable. We don't know if African American men are screened and diagnosed in the same manner and with similar quality that white men are. We only know that, when we count the corpses, African American men are dying at twice the rate as white men.

That is why we want to hear your stories. We want to know what you as a Black man, or you, as a caregiver or family member, are experiencing regarding prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Malecare has been working on this disparity issue since 2001, along with many other external prostate cancer advocacy and research programs.

2002 - Malecare, starts an online database of African American's and Prostate Cancer research.
2006 - Father Dad African American Health Program
2011 - Black Dad Connection health and parenting network
2014 - Financed African American research project at Johns Hopkins
2015 - Twice As Many African American Prostate Cancer Advocacy Program

Please go to http://twiceasmany.org/prostate_cancer_story/ and write a few paragraphs about your experience with prostate cancer OR email twiceasmany@malecare.org and we'll set up a time for a telephone interview.

Twice As Many will make sure that every American man and women knows that prostate cancer kills African American men at a rate that is twice as many as for white men.

Twice As Many will also promote the opportunity of understanding that research on this extraordinary disparity presents. Malecare will work in collaboration with partners throughout the United States to meet the Twice As Many twin goals of eliminating the disparity issue as well as reducing death and agony from prostate cancer.

Visit http://twiceasmany.org/ for more information.

Email darryl@malecare.org if you have any comments or questions.

Very best regards,

Darryl Mitteldorf, LCSW
Executive Director
Malecare
Men fighting cancer, together