Vitamin D deficiency could be the reason African American men experience more aggressive prostate cancer at a younger age compared with European American men, research from Cedars-Sinai Cancer suggests. The multi-institutional study, published in Cancer Research Communications, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, could pave the way for revised nutritional guidelines.
Investigators from UCLA Health found using artificial intelligence to help map out the boundaries of cancerous prostate tissue can significantly reduce the risk of underestimating the extent of prostate cancer—an advancement that can help ensure an accurate diagnosis, precise treatment planning and effective surgical procedures.
