Open AccessProstate Cancer Awareness Week: September 22 to 28, 1997
Author(s) -
Crawford E. David
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/canjclin.47.5.288
Subject(s) - prostate cancer , cancer , medicine , oncology
Prostate Cancer Awareness Week is a recognized national event, the primary purpose of which is public education and promotion of early detection of the disease. This article describes a 5-year longitudinal study begun in 1992 to capture demographic and clinical data from patients participating in Awareness Week.