Addressing the Global Prostate Cancer Crisis Call for Action

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Addressing the Global Prostate Cancer
CrisisCall for Action

• Folakemi T. Odedina, PhD
• Professor Director, Florida AM University
• Vis. Prof., CRMH MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Member, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
• Fulbright Scholar, US Dept of State

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Acknowledgement

• Travel fund
• U.S Department of Defense Prostate Cancer
  Research Program W81XWH-04-1-0326.

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Is there a Global Black Prostate Cancer Crisis?
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Prostate Cancer in Black men in the U.S
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Prostate Cancer in Caribbean Black men

• Conceptualization of an African-Caribbean Cancer
  Consortium for the study of cancer among
  individuals of African descent.
• Camille Ragin, PhD, MPH
• Real Men Die from Prostate Cancer A Clinical
  Profile of Male Health in the Bahamas.
• Robin Roberts MD, FRCSC.
• High incidence among Caribbean men
• Glover et al. (1998) Jamaican men study
• Bunker et al. (2002 2004) - Tobago Study
• Ferlay et. al. (2002) - Globocan data

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Prostate Cancer in Black men in Africa

• Limited information due to low screening
  practices, lack of / inadequate cancer
  registries, and poor healthcare access.
• Leading malignancy for Black males in Ivory Coast
  Nigeria.
• According to Osegbe (1997), the incidence of
  prostate cancer in Nigeria is comparable to that
  of African Americans.

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• Cancer has emerged as a major public health
  problem in developing countries for the first
  time, matching its effect in industrialized
  nations. This is a global problem, and its
  growing. But, we can take steps to slow this
  growth.
• Dr. Paul Kleihues,
• Director of the International Agency for
  Research on Cancer

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Prostate Cancer in Black Africa Migrants

• Ethnic differences in the incidence of prostate
  cancer patients in United Kingdom - Francis
  Chinegwundoh MBBS MS FRCS (Eng Ed) FRCS (Urol)
  FEBU
• To be presented by Steven Young, Masters
  Candidate (Florida AM University)
• Brazil Antopoulos et al. (2001)
• Prostate cancer incidence 1.65 times higher among
  Black men.

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• It is obvious that the way we have been doing
  things individually has achieved limited success.

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• To better understand cancer disparities address
  cancer morbidity and mortality in Black people of
  West African ancestry
• Focus on a research, training, policy and
  community service collaboration among US, UK,
  Caribbean, West African and institutions.

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• Together we can strike a mighty blow against
• cancer!

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Contact Information

• Folakemi Odedina, PhD
• Folakemi.odedina_at_famu.edu
• 850.599.3097 (USA)