Trends in the Incidence of Fatal Prostate Cancer in the United States by Race.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing has dramatically changed the composition of prostate cancer (PCa), making it difficult to interpret incidence trends. New methods are needed to examine temporal trends in the incidence of clinically significant PCa and whether trends vary by race.

Objective

To conduct an in-depth analysis of incidence trends in clinically significant PCa, defined as cases in which PCa was the underlying cause of death within 10 yr of diagnosis.

Design, setting, and participants

We extracted incident PCa cases during the period 1975-2002 and associated causes of death and survival through 2012 from nine cancer registries in the population-based Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results program database.

Outcome measurements and stat

SUBMITTER: Kelly SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5831172 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature