Changing presentation of prostate cancer in a UK population--10 year trends in prostate cancer risk profiles in the East of England

Autor: Greenberg, DC, Wright, KA, Lophathanon, A, Muir, KR, Gnanapragasam, VJ
Přispěvatelé: Gnanapragasam, Vincent [0000-0003-4722-4207], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Rok vydání: 2013
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Popis: BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer incidence is rising in the United Kingdom but there is little data on whether the disease profile is changing. To address this, we interrogated a regional cancer registry for temporal changes in presenting disease characteristics. METHODS: Prostate cancers diagnosed from 2000 to 2010 in the Anglian Cancer Network (n=21,044) were analysed. Risk groups (localised disease) were assigned based on NICE criteria. Age standardised incidence rates (IRs) were compared between 2000-2005 and 2006-2010 and plotted for yearly trends. RESULTS: Over the decade, overall IR increased significantly (P
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