Global Patterns of Prostate Cancer Incidence, Aggressiveness, and Mortality in Men of African Descent

R. Rebbeck, Timothy; S. Devesa, Susan; Chang, Bao‐Li; H. Bunker, Clareann; Cheng, Iona; A. Cooney, Kathleen; A. Eeles, Rosalind; Fernandez, P.; N. Giri, Veda; Maguèye Gueye, Sérigne; A. Haiman, Christopher; E. Henderson, Brian; Heyns, Chris; J. Hu, Jennifer; A. Ingles, Sue; B. Isaacs, William; Jalloh, Mohamed; M. John, Esther; S. Kibel, Adam; R. Kidd, LaCreis; Layne, Penelope; J. Leach, Robin; Neslund‐Dudas, Christine; Okobia, Michael; A. Ostrander, Elaine; Y. Park, Jong; L. Patrick, Alan; M. Phelan, Catherine; Ragin, Camille; Roberts, Robin; A. Rybicki, Benjamin; L. Stanford, Janet; S. Strom, Sara; M. Thompson, Ian; S. Witte, John; Xu, Jianfeng; D. Yeboah, Edward; W. Hsing, Ann; Zeigler‐Johnson, Charnita

doi:10.1155/2013/560857

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Global Patterns of Prostate Cancer Incidence, Aggressiveness, and Mortality in Men of African Descent

Published in Prostate Cancer • Jan 1, 2013

Authors:

Timothy R. Rebbeck

Susan S. Devesa

Bao‐Li Chang

Abstract

Prostate cancer (CaP) is the leading cancer among men of African descent in the USA, Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The estimated number of CaP deaths in SSA during 2008 was more than five times that among African Americans and is expected to double in Africa by 2030. We summarize publicly...

Subject

African descent

Medicine

Incidence (geometry)

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