Announcing an Opportunity for Collaboration
Prostate Cancer and Care
The Urban Indian Health Institute is pleased to announce an important opportunity for collaboration on a national retrospective study. This new project will investigate patterns of follow-up care among urban American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) men with elevated prostate specific antigen (PSA) tests.
The importance of prostate cancer related research for our community cannot be overstated. Investigators have found substantial disparities in cancer care for American Indian and Alaska Native populations. Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in American Indian men. In addition, AI/AN men present with more advanced disease at diagnosis and have poorer relative survival compared with non-Hispanic white men. Despite these disparities in diagnosis and outcome, little is known about the process of treatment, barriers to care, and access to culturally appropriate treatment options.
This project will build upon the close working partnerships between the Urban Indian Health Institute and your urban Indian Health Organization. Participating sites will receive capacity building support services throughout the course of the project.
For more information on the study please contact:
Meg Fairweather, MA
Project Coordinator
Urban Indian Health Institute
meganf@uihi.org
(206) 812-3035
Prostate related resources from the CDC
