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Comment
. 2019 Jul 1;5(7):983-984.
doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.0812.

Racial Inequality in Prostate Cancer Outcomes-Socioeconomics, Not Biology

Channing J Paller  1 , Lin Wang  2 , Otis W Brawley  1   2
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Comment

Racial Inequality in Prostate Cancer Outcomes-Socioeconomics, Not Biology

Channing J Paller et al. JAMA Oncol. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Brawley reported receiving grants from the National Cancer Institute and Bloomberg Philanthropies during the conduct of the study. No other disclosures were reported.

Comment on

  • Association of Black Race With Prostate Cancer-Specific and Other-Cause Mortality.
    Dess RT, Hartman HE, Mahal BA, Soni PD, Jackson WC, Cooperberg MR, Amling CL, Aronson WJ, Kane CJ, Terris MK, Zumsteg ZS, Butler S, Osborne JR, Morgan TM, Mehra R, Salami SS, Kishan AU, Wang C, Schaeffer EM, Roach M 3rd, Pisansky TM, Shipley WU, Freedland SJ, Sandler HM, Halabi S, Feng FY, Dignam JJ, Nguyen PL, Schipper MJ, Spratt DE. Dess RT, et al. JAMA Oncol. 2019 Jul 1;5(7):975-983. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.0826. JAMA Oncol. 2019. PMID: 31120534 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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