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Prostate cancer more likely to return in blacks than whites, but the disease is not more aggressive
10-09-2007 · EurekAlert!African-American men are more likely to have their prostate cancer return after treatment, but their disease is no more aggressive when it does recur than that of their white counterparts, according to a study led by Duke Prostate Center researchers.
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