Minkowitz, Shauli http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2157-4682
Ayeni, Oluwatosin
Haffejee, Mohamed
Joffe, Maureen
Article History
Received: 30 January 2022
Accepted: 4 November 2022
First Online: 3 December 2022
Declarations
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: Our study falls under the MADCaP research group which is an international consortium that stands for Men of African descent and Carcinoma of the Prostate which aims to study the genetic and epidemiological risk factors of prostate cancer among men of African ancestry. The original MADCaP study was approved in ethics clearance certificate M150934 dated March 6, 2017, which includes blood sampling and clinical data usage. The patient information sheet and informed consent document are available on request. A new substudy application for our specific study was approved by the Human Research Ethics Council of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in clearance certificate M2011141 dated Nov 12, 2020.
: The MADCaP research group has been given consent to carry out and publish their research work by all study participants. Consent forms can be made available on request. Not applicable.
: The authors have no competing interests to declare.