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We aim to determine this bias in a chart-review prostate cancer (PCa) study using prospective enrollment. Using an IRB-approved chart-review protocol with a waiver of written informed consent for prospective enrollment, we identified 2202 patients scheduled for initial prostate biopsy from 2007 to 2021 at Durham Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. These patients were simultaneously approached for enrollment into a separate minimal-risk prospective observational study protocol requiring blood collection and written consent. One thousand two hundred thirty-eight subjects provided written consent to the blood collection protocol; 964 did not. Patients who provided written consent differed in several key characteristics, including younger age, but had a similar racial distribution. Importantly, participants providing written consent had a significantly lower risk of PCa (multivariable OR\u00a0=\u00a00.41; 95% CI,\u00a00.31-0.54; P\u00a0&amp;lt;\u00a0.001). 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