Black men with prostate cancer may have improved response to radiation therapy than white men

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers leading a meta-analysis of seven randomized trials found an "unexpected result": Although Black men appeared to have more aggressive disease when they enrolled in clinical trials of radiation therapy for prostate cancer, their treatment outcomes and disease-specific outcomes were better than those of their white counterparts.

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