A nurse is providing an educational event to a local men's group about prostate cancer. The nurse should cite an increased risk of prostate cancer in what ethnic group?
A) Native Americans
B) Caucasian Americans
C) African Americans
D) Asian Americans
Ans: C
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African American men have a high risk of prostate cancer; furthermore, they are more than twice as likely to die from prostate cancer as men of other racial or ethnic groups.
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