title: Survival of carcinoma of the prostate patients less than 55 years old compared to older patient groups.
abstract: Both incidence and death rate from cancer of prostate are rising. Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in man and second most common cause of death in men. Lung cancer is the leading cause of death in men. Carcinoma of prostate is generally a disease of older men. Carcinoma of prostate can also occur in the middle-aged men. This study was performed to find whether the middle-aged men survived longer than older men when both groups of patients were compared according to equivalent stage of the disease. In this series, survival is slightly better in younger age groups when patients of all stages are pooled together. Due to small number of patients in younger age groups, survival difference cannot be calculated for each stage of the disease.
authors.affiliation: University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Routh
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Hickman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meydrech
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Bass
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Moulder
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005006:Ethnicity; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D016019:Survival Analysis