Indigenous men diagnosed with more advanced prostate cancer, Canadian study says

"It is very clear from this data that Indigenous men are at higher risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer than non-Indigenous men," said Dr. Adam Kinnaird, senior author of the study and the Frank and Carla Sojonky Chair in Prostate Cancer Research at the University of Alberta.

"Non-Indigenous men are having their PSA test done 50 per cent more often than Indigenous men are. And that's a pretty big difference," Kinnaird said. Dr. Jason Pennington, a surgeon at the Scarborough Health Network and the Indigenous lead for the Central East Regional Cancer Program in Ontario, said the results are "not surprising."

Kinnaird's team also plans additional research to determine whether or not there might be a genetic factor that could make Indigenous men more prone to aggressive prostate cancer, he said.The study did not look at whether or not prostate cancer was more or less prevalent overall among Indigenous men -- just at screening rates and severity at diagnosis.

Kinnaird said it's critical that health-care providers are aware of the inequity of prostate cancer screening.

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