Open AccessProstate cancer age-standardised incidence increase between 2006 and 2016 in Gauteng Province, South Africa: A laboratory data-based analysis
Author(s) -
Naseem Cassim,
Ardalan E. Ahmad,
Reubina Wadee,
Timothy R. Rebbeck,
Deborah K. Glencross,
Jaya A. George
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
samj. south african medical journal/south african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2078-5135
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samj.2020.v111i1.14850
Subject(s) - medicine , prostate cancer , incidence (geometry) , biopsy , cancer , population , cancer registry , prostate , not otherwise specified , gynecology , physics , optics , environmental health
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the leading male neoplasm in South Africa (SA) and is the second most frequently diagnosed cancer among men globally. Age-specific incidence rates (ASIRs) vary by up to 189-fold globally, with an ASIR of 68.0 per 100 000 in 2018 in SA.