Epidemiology of prostate cancer in Asian countries

T Kimura, S Egawa - International journal of urology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The incidence of prostate cancer has been increasing worldwide in recent years. The
GLOBOCAN project showed that prostate cancer was the second most frequently diagnosed …

Epidemiology, staging and management of prostate cancer

A Barsouk, SA Padala, A Vakiti, A Mohammed… - Medical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Prostate cancer is the second most common and fifth most aggressive neoplasm among
men worldwide. It is particularly incident in high human development index (HDI) nations …

Inflammation in prostate carcinogenesis

AM De Marzo, EA Platz, S Sutcliffe, J Xu… - Nature Reviews …, 2007 - nature.com
About 20% of all human cancers are caused by chronic infection or chronic inflammatory
states. Recently, a new hypothesis has been proposed for prostate carcinogenesis. It …

Prostate cancer epidemiology

H Grönberg - The Lancet, 2003 - thelancet.com
Because more and more men are being diagnosed with prostate cancer worldwide,
knowledge about and prevention of this disease is important. Epidemiological studies have …

Hereditary cancer predisposition syndromes

JE Garber, K Offit - Journal of clinical oncology, 2005 - ascopubs.org
Cancer genetics is increasingly becoming integrated into the practice of modern medical
oncology. The ability to distinguish a growing proportion of the 5% to 10% of all cancers that …

Molecular genetics of prostate cancer

C Abate-Shen, MM Shen - Genes & development, 2000 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Prostate cancer afflicts one man in nine over the age of 65 and represents the most
frequently diagnosed cancer in American men (Coffey 1993). Early detection through serum …

The genetic epidemiology of prostate cancer and its clinical implications

R Eeles, C Goh, E Castro, E Bancroft, M Guy… - Nature reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
Worldwide, familial and epidemiological studies have generated considerable evidence of
an inherited component to prostate cancer. Indeed, rare highly penetrant genetic mutations …

Anatomic radical prostatectomy: evolution of the surgical technique

PC Walsh - The Journal of urology, 1998 - auajournals.org
Purpose: Although radical prostatectomy provided excellent cancer control, it never gained
widespread popularity because of the major side effects of incontinence, impotence and …

Epidemiology of prostate cancer

ED Crawford - Urology, 2003 - Elsevier
Prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates vary worldwide. In the United States, prostate
cancer is the most common malignancy affecting men and is the second-leading cause of …

Pathological and molecular aspects of prostate cancer

AM DeMarzo, WG Nelson, WB Isaacs, JI Epstein - The Lancet, 2003 - thelancet.com
This review focuses on new findings and controversial issues in the pathology and
molecular biology of adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Since management of high-grade …