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There are genetic differences in prostate cancer for black and white men.  Because of these differences only participation in clinical trials can identify, with certainty, how well black men respond to a given treatment.
Cancer specialists are moving towards personalized medicine based on how treatments work for patients based on their genetic make-up.  This new treatment approach is defining the future of prostate cancer care and African American men cannot afford to...

PHEN Clinical Trials Rally
When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the year 2000 I had already lost my father and both grandfathers to the disease. This made me the third generation in my family to face prostate cancer.  However, it was some years later that I understood...

Willard A. Hutt
Zeta Chi Sigma Chapter, President
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

Race, even more than income, is the strongest indicator of whether a person will live in an area that is has contaminated
water, air or land. Dr. Robert Bullard, considered by many to be the Father of the Environmental Justice Movement,
describes the environment as “where we live, work, play, go to school, as well as the physical and natural world.”...