LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) and Bayer as we speak introduced three 2023 Bayer-PCF Health Equity Research Challenge Awards totaling $600,000. The awards will help novel well being fairness analysis tasks with the purpose of lowering racial and ethnic disparities within the prognosis and therapy of superior prostate most cancers.

Globally, prostate most cancers is the second commonest type of most cancers recognized amongst males, with over 1.4 million circumstances recognized worldwide.^1,2 In the United States alone, Black males are about 70 p.c extra more likely to be recognized with prostate most cancers and over twice as more likely to die from it than white males.³ The Bayer-PCF Health Equity Research Challenge Awards will focus particularly on analysis to develop scientific administration methods to enhance equitable entry to requirements of care (diagnostics, prognostics, or remedies) and enhance outcomes for Black sufferers with superior prostate most cancers.

“The Prostate Cancer Foundation has been funding research to understand and address this disparity for more than 30 years,” stated Howard R. Soule, PhD, Executive Vice President and Chief Science Officer, PCF. “We are honored to partner with Bayer in this endeavor and congratulate the investigators on their research which we believe has the potential to reduce disparities in prostate cancer.”

“Studies show that Black men are more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer when it is more advanced, and may experience inferior outcomes when compared to Caucasian men. However, when access to treatment options is similar, 10-year survival is comparable or even higher among this population,³” stated Iain Webb, Vice President and Head of U.S. Medical Affairs, Oncology at Bayer. “Working together with these investigators provides us the opportunity to address and potentially improve disparities in the U.S. We congratulate the winners of these awards and look forward to seeing the results of the research.”

The groups awarded 2023 Bayer-PCF Health Equity Research Challenge Awards are:

Principal Investigator: Burcu Darst, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Co-Investigators: Heather Cheng, MD, PhD, and Yaw Nyame, MD, MS, of the University of Washington; Manoj Menon, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Young Investigator: Hiba Khan, MD, MPH, University of Washington
Collaborator: Veda Giri, MD, Yale University
Project Title: Incorporating Patient Education into Germline Testing in Black Patients with Prostate Cancer

Principal Investigator: Brian Joyce, PhD, Northwestern University
Co-Investigators: Adam Murphy, MD, Mamoudou Maiga, MD, PhD, Lifang Hou, PhD, MD, all of Northwestern University
Young Investigator: Zequn Sun, PhD, Northwestern University
Project Title: Impact of Genetic Ancestry and DNA Methylation on Prostate Cancer in African and African American Patients

Principal Investigator: Nallasivam Palanisamy, PhD, MsC, Henry Ford Health System
Co-Investigators: Pin Li, PhD, Nilesh Gupta, MD, Craig Rogers, MD, all of Henry Ford Health System; Daniel I. Isaac, DO, MSc, Michigan State University
Young Investigator: Wei Zhao, MD, PhD, Henry Ford Health System
Project Title: Molecular Evaluation of Prostate Saturation and Progression Biopsies for Risk Assessment and Early Intervention.

About the Prostate Cancer Foundation
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) is the world’s main philanthropic group devoted to funding life-saving prostate most cancers analysis. Founded in 1993 by Mike Milken, PCF has been answerable for elevating greater than $1 billion in help of cutting-edge analysis by greater than 2,250 analysis tasks at 245 main most cancers facilities, with a worldwide footprint spanning 28 international locations. Since PCF’s inception, and thru its efforts, sufferers world wide live longer, struggling fewer problems, and having fun with higher high quality of all life. PCF is dedicated to creating a worldwide public sq. for prostate most cancers, in service to our mission of ending loss of life and affected by the illness. Learn extra at pcf.org.

About Bayer
Bayer is a worldwide enterprise with core competencies within the life science fields of well being care and vitamin. Its services and products are designed to assist folks and the planet thrive by supporting efforts to grasp the key challenges introduced by a rising and ageing international inhabitants. Bayer is dedicated to driving sustainable growth and producing a constructive affect with its companies. At the identical time, the Group goals to extend its incomes energy and create worth by innovation and progress. The Bayer model stands for belief, reliability and high quality all through the world. In fiscal 2022, the Group employed round 101,000 folks and had gross sales of 50.7 billion euros. R&D bills earlier than particular objects amounted to 6.2 billion euros. For extra data, go to www.bayer.com.

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PCF MEDIA CONTACT: 
Staci L. Vernick
Prostate Cancer Foundation
[email protected]
[email protected]
610-812-6092

BAYER MEDIA CONTACT:
Carolyn Nagle
[email protected]
201-419-0337

References           

1. American Cancer Society. Facts & Figures 2023. American Cancer Society. Atlanta, Ga. 2023.
2. Wang L, Lu B, He M, Wang Y, Wang Z. Prostate Cancer Incidence and Mortality: Global Status and Temporal Trends in 89 Countries From 2000 to 2019. Front. Public Health. Volume 10 – 2022 February 16, 2022.
3. Cancer Facts & Figures for African American/Black People 2022-2024. Atlanta: American Cancer Society, Inc. 2022.

SOURCE Prostate Cancer Foundation