A comparative population-based study of prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates in Singapore, Sweden and Geneva, Switzerland from 1973 to 2006

Chen, Cynthia; Naidoo, Nasheen; Yang, Qian; Hartman, Mikael; Verkooijen, Helena M; Loy, En Yun; Bouchardy Magnin, Christine; Chia, Kee Seng; Chia, Sin Eng

doi:10.1186/1471-2407-12-222

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Title		A comparative population-based study of prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates in Singapore, Sweden and Geneva, Switzerland from 1973 to 2006
Authors		Chen, Cynthia Naidoo, Nasheen Yang, Qian Hartman, Mikael Verkooijen, Helena M Loy, En Yun Bouchardy Magnin, Christine Chia, Kee Seng Chia, Sin Eng show all authors [1 - 9]
Published in		BMC Cancer. 2012, vol. 12, p. 222
Abstract		Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy in men in Sweden and Geneva, and the third most common in men in Singapore. This population-based study describes trends in the incidence and mortality rates of prostate cancer in Singapore, Sweden and Geneva (Switzerland) from 1973 to 2006 and explores possible explanations for these different trends.
Keywords		Adult — Aged — Binomial Distribution — Cohort Studies — Humans — Incidence — Male — Middle Aged — Mortality/trends — Population Surveillance/methods — Prostatic Neoplasms/diagnosis/epidemiology/mortality — Registries/statistics & numerical data — Regression Analysis — Singapore/epidemiology — Survival Rate — Sweden/epidemiology — Switzerland/epidemiology — Time Factors
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-222 PMID: 22673095
Full text		Article (Published version) (378 Kb) - Free access
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires
Research group		Groupe Bouchardy Magnin Christine (Registre genevois des tumeurs) (532)
Citation (ISO format)		CHEN, Cynthia et al. A comparative population-based study of prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates in Singapore, Sweden and Geneva, Switzerland from 1973 to 2006. In: BMC Cancer, 2012, vol. 12, p. 222. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-222 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:43649