Fall 2006 - Karmanos Cancer Institute
Fall 2006 - Karmanos Cancer Institute Fall 2006 - Karmanos Cancer Institute
DR. WILLIE UNDERWOOD IS STUDYING RACIAL DISPARITIES IN PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT AND... MAKING ADifference “As a urologic surgeon, I want to provide the best possible care to every patient I see – regardless of race or ethnicity. As a researcher, I’m interested in how men, diagnosed with clinically localized prostate cancer, make their prostate cancer treatment decisions. This is important because little is known regarding the factors influencing patients’ treatment decisions. Presently, racial and socioeconomic prostate cancer treatment disparities exist nationally. In my opinion this injustice must be eliminated. “I recently received the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Award. I’m using the award to study racial disparities in prostate cancer treatment. Detroit is the perfect place for this work. “Coming to Karmanos was a golden opportunity. I was working in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan. It’s a great institution and I learned a lot there, but here at the Institute and Wayne State University, there are also a lot of intelligent people who are willing to dedicate their lives to making sure people get good health care. “Black men have higher prostate cancer mortality, compared to white males. Black men with prostate cancer are less likely to receive definitive cancer therapy – surgery or radiation – than white men, and if they do receive definitive treatment, they are less likely to receive surgery. My research describes this national problem and I believe all men who develop prostate cancer deserve to receive equal treatment. “I guess you could say I’m trying to make a difference. That’s just how I was raised. The people in my family have always considered themselves social servants. Whether you’re an educator, a stock broker or a physician, the skills you have are not just for your own personal gain, they’re for the gain of all of society.” “As a urologic surgeon, I want to provide the best possible care to every patient I see – regardless of race or ethnicity.” – WILLIE UNDERWOOD, III, M.D., M.S., M.P.H. WILLIE UNDERWOOD, III, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.
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DR. WILLIE UNDERWOOD IS STUDYING RACIAL DISPARITIES<br />
IN PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT AND...<br />
MAKING ADifference<br />
“As a urologic surgeon, I want to provide the best<br />
possible care to every patient I see – regardless<br />
of race or ethnicity. As a researcher, I’m interested<br />
in how men, diagnosed with clinically localized<br />
prostate cancer, make their prostate cancer<br />
treatment decisions. This is important because<br />
little is known regarding the factors influencing<br />
patients’ treatment decisions. Presently, racial<br />
and socioeconomic prostate cancer treatment<br />
disparities exist nationally. In my opinion this<br />
injustice must be eliminated.<br />
“I recently received the Robert Wood Johnson<br />
Foundation’s Harold Amos Medical Faculty<br />
Development Award. I’m using the award to<br />
study racial disparities in prostate cancer treatment.<br />
Detroit is the perfect place for this work.<br />
“Coming to <strong>Karmanos</strong> was a golden<br />
opportunity. I was working in Ann Arbor at the<br />
University of Michigan. It’s a great institution<br />
and I learned a lot there, but here at the <strong>Institute</strong><br />
and Wayne State University, there are also a lot of<br />
intelligent people who are willing to dedicate their<br />
lives to making sure people get good health care.<br />
“Black men have higher prostate cancer mortality,<br />
compared to white males. Black men with prostate cancer<br />
are less likely to receive definitive cancer therapy –<br />
surgery or radiation – than white men, and if they do<br />
receive definitive treatment, they are less likely to<br />
receive surgery. My<br />
research describes<br />
this national<br />
problem and I<br />
believe all men<br />
who develop<br />
prostate cancer<br />
deserve to receive<br />
equal treatment.<br />
“I guess you could<br />
say I’m trying to<br />
make a difference.<br />
That’s just how<br />
I was raised.<br />
The people in<br />
my family have always considered themselves<br />
social servants. Whether you’re an educator, a stock<br />
broker or a physician, the skills you have are not<br />
just for your own personal gain, they’re for the<br />
gain of all of society.”<br />
“As a urologic<br />
surgeon, I want<br />
to provide the best<br />
possible care to<br />
every patient I see<br />
– regardless of<br />
race or ethnicity.”<br />
– WILLIE UNDERWOOD, III,<br />
M.D., M.S., M.P.H.<br />
WILLIE UNDERWOOD, III, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.
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