2021
Testing a Prostate Cancer Educational Intervention in High-Burden Neighborhoods
Zeigler-Johnson C, Madsen R, Keith S, Glanz K, Quinn A, Giri V, Bowen E, Sauls D, Leader A. Testing a Prostate Cancer Educational Intervention in High-Burden Neighborhoods. Journal Of Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities 2021, 9: 2477-2484. PMID: 34748171, PMCID: PMC9973384, DOI: 10.1007/s40615-021-01183-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntervention groupHealthy lifestyle (HL) control groupProstate cancer educational interventionProstate cancer risk factorsEducational interventionCancer risk factorsMixed effects regression modelsOutcome assessment measuresRisk factorsPCa knowledgeRisk menControl groupControl interventionsEthnic disparitiesLevel of knowledgePCa outcomesIntervention effectsHealth concernStudy sampleEffects regression modelsInterventionMenOutcomesBaselineDescriptive statistics
2015
Lessons Learned from Implementing a Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment Program for Underserved High-Risk Men in the Community: the Prostate REACH Project
Fleisher L, Davis S, Gross L, Bagden L, Zakrzewski D, González E, Kandadai V, Rusten C, Baskett J, Obeid E, Giri V. Lessons Learned from Implementing a Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment Program for Underserved High-Risk Men in the Community: the Prostate REACH Project. Journal Of Cancer Education 2015, 31: 191-197. PMID: 25971432, DOI: 10.1007/s13187-015-0854-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate Cancer Risk Assessment ProgramCancer Risk Assessment ProgramRisk assessment programProstate cancerProstate cancer risk assessmentRisk assessment clinicComprehensive cancer centerCommunity-based promotionCancer risk assessmentProstate riskREACH projectUnderserved menAssessment clinicCancer CenterClinic sitesUninsured menAbnormal resultsKey implementation stepsRisk menUnique demonstration projectNavigator servicesAssessment ProgramMenCancerBlack men
2010
Racial differences in prediction of time to prostate cancer diagnosis in a prospective screening cohort of high‐risk men: effect of TMPRSS2 Met160Val
Giri V, Ruth K, Hughes L, Uzzo R, Chen D, Boorjian S, Viterbo R, Rebbeck T. Racial differences in prediction of time to prostate cancer diagnosis in a prospective screening cohort of high‐risk men: effect of TMPRSS2 Met160Val. BJU International 2010, 107: 466-470. PMID: 20735386, PMCID: PMC3052292, DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2010.09522.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk menPCa diagnosisCaucasian manElevated prostate-specific antigen concentrationPCa screeningProstate Cancer Risk Assessment ProgramProstate-specific antigen concentrationCancer Risk Assessment ProgramProspective screening cohortCancer diagnosisProspective screening programCT/TTSecond-degree relativesAfrican American menTMPRSS2-ERG fusionUnderwent biopsyScreening cohortStudy entryAA menDegree relativesScreening programBRCA1/2 mutationsSelf-identified raceCox modelGene polymorphisms
2009
Race, Genetic West African Ancestry, and Prostate Cancer Prediction by Prostate-Specific Antigen in Prospectively Screened High-Risk Men
Giri V, Egleston B, Ruth K, Uzzo R, Chen D, Buyyounouski M, Raysor S, Hooker S, Torres J, Ramike T, Mastalski K, Kim T, Kittles R. Race, Genetic West African Ancestry, and Prostate Cancer Prediction by Prostate-Specific Antigen in Prospectively Screened High-Risk Men. Cancer Prevention Research 2009, 2: 244-250. PMID: 19240249, PMCID: PMC2652509, DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-08-0150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBaseline prostate-specific antigenProstate-specific antigenSelf-reported raceAfrican American menProstate cancerAmerican menProstate Cancer Risk Assessment ProgramCancer Risk Assessment ProgramEarly detectionProstate cancer early detectionHigh-risk cohortWest African ancestryAfrican American raceHigh-risk menLow PSA valuesProportional hazards modelRace-specific differencesProstate cancer predictionCancer early detectionEuropean American menAfrican ancestryHazard ratioPSA valuesFamily historyBRCA1/2 mutations