Participant Enrollment
The Study
The PCaP study enrollment is closed. The text under this heading is historical and what participants would have seen if they were interested in being a part of the study. The text includes things for participants to consider, common questions, and what to do to prepare for the PCaP visit.
Patient Information
If you were diagnosed with prostate cancer after July 1, 2004, and live in certain North Carolina counties or Louisiana parishes, you may be able to help us through your participation in the PCaP Study.
The questions the PCaP study addresses are:
- Does access to health care and its quality affect the severity of prostate cancer?
- Do individual factors like diet, exercise, genes and body weight affect the severity of prostate cancer?
- Are prostate tumors in men with severe cancer different from other prostate tumors?
- Do any (or all) of these factors help explain why African American men are more likely to die of prostate cancer than Caucasian American men?