[Blacks] have twice the rates of prostate cancer death as Caucasian men, ... For reasons we don't know, it also starts at a younger age in African-American men.

There's increasing ... data that says if men get early detection for prostate cancer, the death rate in that population goes down.

Women with breast cancer almost universally die from it within 10 years if they don't get treated, ... It's quite different with prostate cancer. Many, if not most, men will live over 10 years with prostate cancer.

In the long run, it's very clear that we will discover how to cure cancer, ... It's just a question of time and a question of complete understanding. This is a major step in that direction.

This is a drug that controls cancer with almost no side effects. So, for us in the world of oncology to have that is a huge breakthrough. It's a great drug, a great new discovery.

If you identify a population at risk for death, it's much easier to get them to change their behavior -- both to never start smoking in the beginning and to stop if they are smoking and have this high-risk gene.