This article is part of the supplement: Second Annual International African-Caribbean Cancer Consortium Conference
Proceedings
Surgical versus medical castration in the Bahamas: a male macho paradox
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Correspondence: Robin Roberts robinnassau50@yahoo.com
Department of Surgery, Princess Margaret Hospital, The University of the West Indies School of Clinical Medicine and Research, (The Bahamas), Nassau, Bahamas
Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009, 4(Suppl 1):S4 doi:10.1186/1750-9378-4-S1-S4
Published: 10 February 2009First paragraph (this article has no abstract)
The high prevalence and incidence of prostate cancer is a global phenomenon [1,2]. In the pre-Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) era, the clinical hallmarks of prostate cancer were late disease presentations and high mortality rates [3]. The documentation of even more advanced presentations and higher mortality rates in males of African ancestry is of great concern for countries like the Bahamas with significant populations of this ethnicity [4-10].