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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Educ. 2011 Dec;26(4):708–716. doi: 10.1007/s13187-011-0241-z

Table 2.

Prostate Cancer Knowledge Responses

Percent Answered Correctly

Prostate Cancer Knowledge Questions Total Sample Non-Seekers Non Medical Seekers Medical Seekers p-value
Younger men are more likely to develop prostate cancer than older men 76.9% 68.2% 78.9% 86.3%** .003
White men are more likely to develop prostate cancer than African-American men 65.7% 58.3% 63.2% 74.4%* .028
Men without a family history do not have to worry about developing prostate cancer 83.2% 75.0% 84.2% 92.3%** .001
The PSA test will tell men which type of prostate cancer they have 10.1% 9.1% 5.3% 12.0% .580
The DRE will tell men which type of prostate cancer they have 24.6% 18.2% 15.8% 33.3%* .014
Most prostate cancer usually grow fast 41.4% 45.5% 47.4% 35.9% .268
*

p < .05,

**

p <.01,