Temporal trends in cause of death among Swedish and US men with prostate cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A growing proportion of men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer detected through prostate-specific antigen testing are dying from causes other than prostate cancer. Temporal trends in specific causes of death among prostate cancer patients have not been well described.

Methods

We analyzed causes of death among all incident prostate cancer cases recorded in the nationwide Swedish Cancer Registry (1961-2008; n = 210 112) and in the US Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (1973-2008; n = 490 341). We calculated the cumulative incidence of death due to seven selected causes that accounted for more than 80% of the reported deaths (including ischemic heart disease and non-prostate cancer) and analyzed mortality trends by calendar year and age at diag

SUBMITTER: Epstein MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3529593 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature