Those living in disadvantaged neighborhoods have significantly higher activity of stress-related genes, new research suggests, which could contribute to higher rates of aggressive prostate cancer in African American men. The study, which was co-led by the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), was published in JAMA Network Open. African American men have a higher incidence of prostate cancer and are more than twice as likely to die from the disease than white men in the U.S. They are often diagnosed with an aggressive cancer Read More