Genomic testing can identify African American prostate cancer patients with high-risk disease

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Moffitt Cancer Center has conducted the first prospective study to investigate genomic biomarkers associated with aggressive disease in African American men with prostate cancer,  a population with disparities in incidence and mortality. 

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