Clinical profile, quality of care, and recurrence in Arab-American and Caucasians prostate cancer patients in Michigan.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the United States with striking differences in incidence and mortality among ethnic groups. Michigan has one of the largest concentrations of Arab Americans (AAs) in the U.S.

Attitudes of Cairo University medical students toward smoking: the need for tobacco control programs in medical education.

Background: Tobacco smoking rates are increasing in developing countries and so are tobacco-related chronic diseases. Reported figures from the WHO show rates of smoking in Egypt as high as 20% but limited information is available about smoking specifically among physicians and medical students.

Materials And Methods: Final-year medical students of Cairo University were surveyed regarding their tobacco behavior and attitudes using a modified Global Health Professions Student Survey.