Survival of black men with prostatic cancer in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa.
While prostatic cancer has a low frequency in rural African black men living traditionally, the disease occurs more often and is increasing in black men in the cities. Between 1982 and 1984, 101 patients with prostatic cancer were detected in Soweto, Johannesburg. Of these patients 90 had clinical stage D disease and metastasis was common. The 50 per cent mortality period of 1.6 years, while similar to that reported in some series of white patients, is considerably shorter than that noted in several others series.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013019:South Africa; D013997:Time Factors