Longitudinal trends in prostate cancer incidence, mortality, and survival of patients from two Shanghai city districts: a retrospective population-based cohort study, 2000-2009

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 356
• Main Authors: Hu, Yi, Zhao, Qi, Rao, Jianyu, Deng, Haiju, Yuan, Hong, Xu, Biao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 14.04.2014; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Analysis; Cancer; Chemotherapy; China - epidemiology; Cities; Disease prevention; Health aspects; Humans; Incidence; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Mortality; Oncology, Experimental; Proportional Hazards Models; Prostate cancer; Prostatic Neoplasms - epidemiology; Prostatic Neoplasms - mortality; Research Design; Retrospective Studies; Survival Rate; Trends; Urban Population; China; China, People's Rep., Shanghai; China, People's Rep

Prostate cancer is the fifth most common cancer affecting men of all ages in China, but robust surveillance data on its occurrence and outcome is lacking. The specific objective of this retrospective study was to analyze the longitudinal trends of prostate cancer incidence, mortality, and survival i...