Why Black Men Should Consider Earlier Screening for Prostate Cancer

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🗓️ 18 September 2024

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In recognition of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month this September, host Rachel Feltman sits down with Alfred Winkler, chief of urology at NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, to discuss proactive steps individuals can take to protect themselves against prostate cancer. Black American men, in particular, face some of the highest rates of the disease in the world, with multiple factors contributing to this elevated risk. This episode explores efforts to raise awareness and promote early screening within this high-risk group. This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Recommended reading: New Prostate Cancer Treatments Offer Hope for Advanced Cases E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.3	Earlier this year, the Prostate Cancer Foundation issued new screening guidelines,
0:43.3	encouraging Black men to start getting baseline blood tests for prostate cancer as early as age 40.
0:49.3	That's because, according to the American Cancer Society,
0:52.3	Black men are 70% more likely than white
0:55.5	men to develop prostate cancer in their lifetime, and twice as likely to die from the disease.
1:02.1	For Scientific American Science quickly, I'm Rachel Feldman.
1:05.4	Today I'm joined by Dr. Alfred Winkler, Chief of Urology at New York Presbyterian Lower Manhattan
1:10.6	Hospital.
1:11.7	He's here to tell us more about how folks can protect themselves from prostate cancer.
1:17.3	Dr. Winkler, thanks so much for joining us. It's great to have you on the show.
1:20.6	I welcome the opportunity. Thank you.
1:22.5	So why don't we start by just talking a little bit about the prostate?
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