?Two of the nation's leading experts on prostate cancer are speaking at a University of South Carolina symposium on the pros and cons of screening for the disease.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH, AP) -- Two of the nation's leading experts on prostate cancer are speaking at a University of South Carolina symposium on the pros and cons of screening for the disease.
University spokeswoman Margaret Lamb says Thursday's event features Dr. Richard Albin, who discovered the prostate specific antigen PSA, and Dr. Oliver Sartor, principal investigator for clinical trials of two of the most recently discovered treatments for prostate cancer.
"These events will initiate an important statewide discussion between the community and researchers about prostate cancer screening in South Carolina," said Dr.?Daniela Friedman, assistant professor in health promotion, education, and behavior, in a release.
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed non-skin cancer among men. Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, prostate has the lowest mortality rate of any common cancer.
However, African-American men in South Carolina have a prostate cancer death rate that is 2.5 times that of European-American men and about 50 percent higher than African Americans in the country as a whole.
Thursday's event is at 3 p.m. in USC's Russell House Theater, and is free and open to the public.
The symposium also will be held on Friday at the Hollings Cancer Center of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.
Click here?to read more about USC's prostate cancer symposium.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
Source: http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=663489
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