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Brief Title: Frequency of Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening in African American Men in the San Francisco Area
Official Title: PSA Screening of African-American Men in The San Francisco Area
Study ID: NCT00702104
Brief Summary: RATIONALE: Screening may help doctors find prostate cancer sooner, when it may be easier to treat. PURPOSE: This research study is looking at whether patients who are being screened for prostate cancer have been previously screened.
Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES: Primary * To determine the degree to which patients who are being screened for prostate cancer have been previously screened. OUTLINE: Participants complete questions on a survey about prior prostate-specific antigen blood tests done for the purpose of screening for prostate cancer and are asked about their pastor, church, and how they heard about the SELECT study to determine the degree to which African-American men in a church-going population have been previously screened.
Minimum Age: 35 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: MALE
Healthy Volunteers: No
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, California, United States
Name: Mack Roach, MD
Affiliation: University of California, San Francisco
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR