Mount Sinai Health System Launches First-Ever Mobile Prostate Cancer Screening Unit in New York City itnonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from itnonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
On April 1, Robert F. Smith's Mobile Prostate Cancer Screening Bus Launch brought together high-profile Black male celebrities to mark the momentous occasion.
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Mount Sinai Receives $3.8 Million Gift to Launch Mobile MRI Unit to Support Prostate Health in Black Community
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The Milton and Caroll Petrie Department of Urology at Mount Sinai has received a $3.8 million donation from philanthropist Robert F. Smith to launch the Robert F. Smith Mobile MRI Unit in partnership with the Mount Sinai Health System to support prostate health in the Black community.
According to the American Cancer Society, one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime, making it the most common cancer among men other than skin cancer. However, in the Black community the number is much higher Black Americans are more than twice as likely to die from the disease.