Prostate cancer epidemiology

Because more and more men are being diagnosed with prostate cancer worldwide, knowledge about and prevention of this disease is important. Epidemiological studies have provided some insight about the cause of prostate cancer in terms of diet and genetic factors. However, compared with other common c...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2003-03, Vol.361 (9360), p.859-864
Main Author: Gronberg, Henrik
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Breast cancer
Calcium
Cancer
Clustering
Dairy products
Diet
Disease prevention
Enzyme Inhibitors - therapeutic use
Epidemiology
Ethnic factors
Finasteride - therapeutic use
Genetic factors
Genetics
Health risk assessment
Humans
Hydrogen peroxide
Incidence
Lung cancer
Male
Medical research
Men
Metabolites
Middle Aged
Minority & ethnic groups
Oxidation
Polyunsaturated fatty acids
Prostate cancer
Prostatic Neoplasms - epidemiology
Prostatic Neoplasms - genetics
Prostatic Neoplasms - prevention & control
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Risk Factors
Selenium - therapeutic use
Vitamin E
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Summary:Because more and more men are being diagnosed with prostate cancer worldwide, knowledge about and prevention of this disease is important. Epidemiological studies have provided some insight about the cause of prostate cancer in terms of diet and genetic factors. However, compared with other common cancers such as breast and lung cancer, the causes remain poorly understood. Several important issues could help in our understanding of this disease—the variation in incidence of prostate cancer between ethnic populations and the factors leading to familial clustering of the diseases.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12713-4