PROSTATE CANCER IS KILLING BLACK MEN FASTER THAN ITS KILLING MEN OF ANY
OTHER RACE, THE AMERICAN CANCER
SOCIETY SAYS ONE OUT OF 9 MEN
WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST
UP FOR TUESDAY PROSTATE CANCER
ONE OUT OF 9. THE STATISTIC IS
ONLY WORSE THOUGH FOR BLACK MAN
SO ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR
DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
THEY ARE MORE THAN TWICE AS
LIKELY TO DIE FROM THE CANCER.
AND
WHITE MEN. DOCTOR SCOTT
ACKERMAN AND BEING TEAM MEMBER
GARY CORBETT JOIN US HERE THIS
MORNING, GOOD MORNING
GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU VERY YOUR
GAS SPEAK WITH YOU IN JUST A
MOMENT, BUT DOC IF WE COULD
START WITH YOU BECAUSE WHAT
DO YOU WHAT IS THE REASON FOR
THIS INCREASE AMONG
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN WOULD
YOU SAY.
>> WELL THAT’S A RECENT
INCREASES AND WE’VE SEEN FOR
MANY YEARS AND THAT BLACK MEN
HAVE A HIGHER INCIDENCE OF
PROSTATE CANCER. AND WE THINK
IT’S A GENETIC PREDISPOSITION
JUST LIKE WE SEE BREAST INSTANT
HIGHER IN WASHINGTON AS THE
JEWS ARE WOMEN OF ENGLISH
DESCENT OR DANISH DESCENT.
WE SEE OF PROSTATE CANCER ARE
HIGHER IN AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN,
SO AS SOON AS SOME GENETIC HIS
POSITION TO THAT THAT WE DON’T
FULLY UNDERSTAND. >>LAUREN VERNO: SO IT’S NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE FOR
WHATEVER REASON AFRICAN
AMERICAN MEN ARE LESS LIKELY TO
GO TO THE DOCTOR SOONER THAN
THEY SHOULD.
>> WELL THAT’S THAT’S THAT’S
THAT’S THE SECOND PART OF IT SO
AFTER AMERICAN MEN ARE
PREDISPOSED HIGHER HIGHER
CHANCE OF GETTING BREAST CANCER
AND BECAUSE OF ISSUES WITH
MONEY ACCESS AND
TO PHYSICIANS A LOT OF
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN ARE
DIAGNOSED AT A LATER STAGE THAN
WHITE MEN AND SO THAT’S WHY
THERE’S ALSO INCREASE RISK OF
DEATH TO PROSTATE CANCER, SO
THEY GET MORE OFTEN AND WHEN
THEY GET IT THEY GET IT ANYMORE
EVENT STAGE. >>LAUREN VERNO: AND GARY I KNOW THAT THIS IS PERSONAL FOR YOU
YOU’RE A PATIENT OF DOCTOR
ACKERMAN IS ALSO A FORMER
EMPLOYEE OF CHANNEL 4 BY THE
WAY IT’S GREAT TO SEE YOU AFTER
ALL OF
THESE YEARS.
>> CAN YOU FOR OUR VIEWER,
MAYBE WHO MAYBE
IS IS QUESTIONING WHETHER OR
NOT THEY NEED TO GO TO THE
DOCTOR OR MAYBE HAS RECENTLY
BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE
CANCER. WHAT WORDS OF WISDOM
CAN YOU GIVE TO THEM ABOUT THE
PROCESS AND AND FIRST LET’S
START WITH YOUR REACTION WHEN
YOU HEARD THAT YOU HAD
BEEN DIAGNOSED.
>> LOT FATHER HAD
PROSTATE CANCER. SO IT GAVE ME
ADVICE TO ANOTHER NOR THE ISSUE
AND I NEVER DID SO I READ A LOT
ABOUT IT AND WAS AWARE
OF IT. FOLLOWED BY
PSA I HAVEN’T REALLY GOT A PS A
CHECKUP OF BLOOD BLOOD WORK AND
A TRACK THAT
THAT NUMBER IT’S GROWING SLOWLY
OVER THE YEARS BUT THEN
ONE YEAR IT WENT UP 2 POINTS
FROM A 7 TO 9 AND I GOT MY
ATTENTION.
MEN NEED TO JUST GET ANNUAL
CHECKUP BECAUSE YOU DON’T YOU
WANT TO CATCH THIS EARLY.
IT’S A THAT
IMPACTS MEN, I’M JUST
STAGGERING HOW MANY MEN I KNOW
THROUGH ALL PHASES OF MY LIFE
THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY
PROSTATE CANCER, INCLUDING
INCLUDING FORMER EMPLOYEES FROM
HERE.
>> DO YOU THINK
THAT MEN JUST BECAUSE THEY JUST
PUT IT OFF A LITTLE BIT LIKE
WOMEN DO BECAUSE WE ALL GET
BUSY THAT THEY THEY JUST DON’T
WANT TO. THEY DON’T WANT TO
HEAR THE BAD SO THEY JUST
KIND OF.
>> PROLONG THIS AND
PROCRASTINATE THAT’S PART OF
THE I MEAN IT’S IT’S A IT IS
JUST FOLLOWING THE BASICS A
JUST GET TO THE DOCTOR EVERY
YEAR.
JUST A IF THINGS CAN GET
COMPLICATED IF YOU BECOMES
AGGRESSIVE THAN IT DOES
COMPLICATE THINGS AND DOCTOR
EAT THE PSA WHICH IT TO TEST
THE BLOOD TEST SO SIMPLE THAT
YOU CAN HAVE TAKEN EVERY YEAR
WHEN YOU GO FOR YOUR
YEARLY APPOINTMENT.
>> I CAN’T WHAT AGE GROUP THEN
SHOULD START GETTING THE PSA
TAKEN REGULARLY ARE
BEING CHECKED.
>> SO THERE’S DIFFERENT
GUIDELINES SO THAT MEN
CAN SOCIETY AND THE PRAYER
SERVICES
TASK FORCE HAVE GUIDELINES THAT
RESTRICT ABOUT HOW OFTEN SHOULD
DO A PSA. THE ISLAND IS HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH YOUR
PHYSICIAN. BUT MY
RECOMMENDATION TO PATIENTS IN
GENERAL IS THAT IF YOU’RE AT
AVERAGE RISK MEAN THAT YOU
DON’T HAVE A FAMILY HISTORY.
YOU’RE NOT AFRICAN-AMERICANS
YOU GET A PSA DONE. EVERY YEAR
AT THE AGE OF 50. IF YOU’RE AT
HIGH RISK BACK TO THAT 10 YEARS
JUST A SIMPLE BLOOD TEST SO
HIGH RISK WOULD BE IF YOUR
FATHER OR UNCLE HAD HAS
PROSTATE CANCER OR IF YOU’RE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN. THEN YOU
SHOULD START EARLY OR MAYBE AT
40 OF 45 YEARS
OF AGE.
>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING
HERE SUCH IMPORTANT INFORMATION