Increased risk of fatal prostate cancer may explain the rise in mortality in The Netherlands | Zendy

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Increased risk of fatal prostate cancer may explain the rise in mortality in The Netherlands

Author(s) -

Piet N. Post,

Huub Straatman,

Lambertus A. Kiemeney,

J.W.W. Coebergh

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/28.3.403

Subject(s) - medicine , prostate cancer , demography , incidence (geometry) , poisson regression , cohort , cancer , mortality rate , cohort effect , epidemiology , cohort study , subclinical infection , population , environmental health , physics , sociology , optics

Several lines of evidence suggest that, as a result of improved diagnostic techniques, the increase in incidence of prostate cancer is due largely to increased detection of subclinical cases. Between 1971 and 1989, a considerable increase in incidence was found in Southeastern Netherlands among men aged under 60 years without an improvement in prognosis. We hypothesized that in addition to the increase due to increased detection, a genuine increase in incidence has occurred in the last two decades and that this should be reflected in national mortality rates.

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