Prostate Cancer Incidence 5 Years After US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations Against Screening.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies reported that prostate cancer incidence rates in the United States declined for local-stage disease and increased for regional- and distant-stage disease following the US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations against prostate-specific antigen-based screening for men aged 75 years and older in 2008 and for all men in 2012. It is unknown, however, whether these patterns persisted through 2016.

Methods

Based on the US Cancer Statistics Public Use Research Database, we examined temporal trends in invasive prostate cancer incidence from 2005 to 2016 in men aged 50 years and older stratified by stage (local, regional, and distant), age group (50-74 years and 75 years and older), and race and ethnicity (all races and ethnicities, non-Hispanic Wh

SUBMITTER: Jemal A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7781461 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature