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J Epidemiol Community Health 2009;63:24 doi:10.1136/jech.2009.096701x
  • Wednesday 9 September, Parallel session A
  • Cancer I

International trends in prostate cancer incidence and mortality in 20 countries from 1980 to 2002

  1. A. E. Carsin1,
  2. E. Masuyer2,
  3. L. Sharp1,
  4. P. Autier2
  1. 1
    National Cancer Registry, Cork, Ireland
  2. 2
    International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

      Objective

      Worldwide, since the 1980s, there have been major changes in prostate cancer detection and treatment with the availability of the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test and the introduction of hormone therapy and radical prostatectomy. To explore the effect of these advances on the burden of disease, we investigated time trends in prostate cancer incidence and mortality in 20 industrialised countries.

      Data Source

      Data on prostate cancer incidence during 1980 to 2002 was extracted from volumes 6 to 9 of Cancer Incidence …

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