Striking increase in incidence of prostate cancer in men aged < 60 years without improvement in prognosis

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-17

  Post, P N ^a,b   Stockton, D ^c   Davies, T W ^c   Coebergh, J W W ^a,b  

^a The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incidence; Middle age; Mortality; Prognosis; Prostatic neoplasm

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032889459     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690004     Document Type: Article

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