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A comparative population-based study of prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates in Singapore, Sweden and Geneva, Switzerland from 1973 to 2006 |
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Published in | BMC cancer. 2012, vol. 12, 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 | PMID: 22673095 | |
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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 |