1. Folakemi Odedina PhD1 Addressing the Global Prostate Cancer Crisis Call for Action Folakemi T. Odedina, PhD Professor & Director, Florida A&M University Vis. Prof., CRMH MD Anderson Cancer Center Member, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Fulbright Scholar, US Dept of State

2. Folakemi Odedina PhD2 Acknowledgement Travel fund U.S Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program W81XWH-04-1- 0326.

3. Folakemi Odedina PhD3 Is there a Global Black Prostate Cancer Crisis?

4. Folakemi Odedina PhD4 Prostate Cancer in Black men in the U.S

5. Folakemi Odedina PhD5 Prostate Cancer in Caribbean Black men … Conceptualization of an African-Caribbean Cancer Consortium for the study of cancer among individuals of African descent. Camille Ragin, PhD, MPH Real Men Die from Prostate Cancer: A Clinical Profile of Male Health in the Bahamas. Robin Roberts MD, FRCSC. High incidence among Caribbean men Glover et al. (1998) – Jamaican men study Bunker et al. (2002; 2004) - Tobago Study Ferlay et. al. (2002) - Globocan data

6. Folakemi Odedina PhD6 Limited information due to low screening practices, lack of / inadequate cancer registries, and poor healthcare access. Leading malignancy for Black males in Ivory Coast & Nigeria. According to Osegbe (1997), the incidence of prostate cancer in Nigeria is comparable to that of African Americans. Prostate Cancer in Black men in Africa …

7. Folakemi Odedina PhD7 “Cancer has emerged as a major public health problem in developing countries for the first time, matching its effect in industrialized nations. This is a global problem, and it’s growing. But, we can take steps to slow this growth.” Dr. Paul Kleihues, Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer

8. Folakemi Odedina PhD8 Prostate Cancer in Black Africa Migrants… o Ethnic differences in the incidence of prostate cancer patients in United Kingdom - Francis Chinegwundoh MBBS MS FRCS (Eng & Ed) FRCS (Urol) FEBU o To be presented by Steven Young, Masters Candidate (Florida A&M University) o Brazil – Antopoulos et al. (2001) o Prostate cancer incidence 1.65 times higher among Black men.

9. Folakemi Odedina PhD9 It is obvious that the way we have been doing things individually has achieved limited success.

10. Folakemi Odedina PhD10 To better understand cancer disparities & address cancer morbidity and mortality in Black people of West African ancestry: Focus on a research, training, policy and community service collaboration among US, UK, Caribbean, West African and institutions.

11. Folakemi Odedina PhD11 Together we can strike a mighty blow against cancer !

12. Folakemi Odedina PhD12 Contact Information … Folakemi Odedina, PhD Folakemi.odedina@famu.edu 850.599.3097 (USA)