Quincy, MA -- Prostate cancer touches lives of the famous like Ambassador Andrew Young and activist-artist Harry Belafonte.
But there are tens of thousands of others impacted like Oakland minister, Bishop Bob Jackson, Tugaloo college professor Dr. Walter Davis and businessman Thomas Farrington. Seventeen-year survivor Farrington turned the "lemon" of his diagnosis into a potent education "brew" with national impact.
"There is currently a prostate cancer crisis in Black America," said Farrington. "Black men die at a rate of 130% higher than white men. It makes this the largest racial disparity for any type cancer among men or women."
Among Summit topics to be presented by leading practitioners in the field will be: Clinical Trial Update, The Prostate Cancer Treatment Paradigm, Prostate Cancer Screening in Black America and Educating and Mobilizing Black Communities on Prostate Cancer. Special emphasis will be on Treatment Cost Factors and Impact. Cancer patients, Farrington notes “are three times more likely to declare bankruptcy than people without cancer according to reports.” He added, “The cost of treatments impacts access to treatment for African American men.”
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in African Americans behind lung cancer. About one in five Black men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime with the highest prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates in the United States.
"The PHEN mission is to eliminate the prostate cancer racial disparity," said Farrington. "That is why we have assembled leaders within medicine, research, government, pharmaceutical industry and survivors to address medical issues toward eliminating the prostate cancer racial disparity."
Although the Summit is free and open to the public, registration is encouraged at www.prostatehealthed.org/summit. For those who are not able to attend, the complete summit will be streamed live on PHEN’s website: www.rapcancer.org
About PHEN
The Prostate Health Education Network (PHEN) is the leading patient education and advocacy organization addressing the prostate health needs of African American men. Based in Quincy, MA, PHEN, a 501©(3) organization founded in 2003, sponsors educational webcasts, the Annual Father’s Day Rally, education symposiums with church partners, and the Annual African American Prostate Cancer Disparity Summit in Washington, DC.
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