Descriptive epidemiology of prostate cancer in India, 2012-2019: Insights from the National Cancer Registry Programme.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study describes the epidemiology, clinical extent at diagnosis, and treatment modalities for prostate cancer in India.

Methodology

This study is a secondary analysis of primary prostate cancer data sourced from the National Cancer Registry Programme. Data from population-based cancer registry for the period 2012-2016 were used to estimate the incidence rates, including crude incidence rate (CR), age-adjusted incidence rate (AAR), age-specific rate, and cumulative risk. Trends in the AAR were assessed using join-point regression. Hospital-Based Cancer Registry data from 2012 to 2019 were used to describe the clinical extent of the cancer at diagnosis and the treatment modalities.

Results

The incidence of prostate cancers was higher in urban registries such

SUBMITTER: Sankarapillai J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11296585 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature