Open AccessChanging Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Prostate Cancer Incidence
Author(s) -
Lihua Liu,
Wendy Cozen,
Leslie Bernstein,
Ronald K. Ross,
Dennis Deapen
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of the national cancer institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.797
H-Index - 356
eISSN - 1460-2105
pISSN - 0027-8874
DOI - 10.1093/jnci/93.9.705
Subject(s) - prostate cancer , medicine , incidence (geometry) , socioeconomic status , demography , cancer , ethnic group , population , disease , gynecology , oncology , gerontology , environmental health , physics , sociology , anthropology , optics
Understanding the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and prostate cancer incidence could identify populations that should be targeted for intervention and prevention programs. We examined this relationship within the major racial/ethnic groups during the period 1972 through 1997, which spans the introduction of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing.