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This is a list of countries by cancer frequency, as measured by the number of new cancer cases per 100,000 population among countries, based on the 2018 GLOBOCAN statistics and including all cancer types (some earlier statistics excluded non-melanoma skin cancer).
Prostate cancer is the most diagnosed cancer in men in over half of the world's countries, and the leading cause of cancer death in men in around a quarter of countries. [91] Prostate cancer is rare in those under 40 years old, [92] and most cases occur in those over 60 years, [2] with the average person diagnosed at 67. [93]
The journal covers the three main areas - prostate cancer, male LUTS and prostatitis. It was established in 1997 with Roger Kirby as the founding editor, [ 1 ] with Judd Moul becoming co-editor alongside Kirby in 2003. [ 2 ]
Researchers are warning global prostate cancer cases are set to double in a 20-year span. In a new report out in the Lancet, a team of researchers state that in 2020, global prostate cancer cases ...
If all cancer patients survived and cancer occurred randomly, the normal lifetime odds of developing a second primary cancer (not the first cancer spreading to a new site) would be one in nine. [29] However, cancer survivors have an increased risk of developing a second primary cancer, and the odds in 2003 were about one in 4.5. [ 29 ]
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In fact, the five-year survival rate for prostate cancer detected early is virtually 100%, Siddiqui says. The outlook for late-diagnosed patients, however, is not nearly as rosy.
The American Cancer Society reports 5-year relative survival rates of over 70% for women with stage 0-III breast cancer with a 5-year relative survival rate close to 100% for women with stage 0 or stage I breast cancer. The 5-year relative survival rate drops to 22% for women with stage IV breast cancer. [3]