title: An estimate of prostate cancer prevalence in Italy.
abstract: Estimates of the total number of men with a previous diagnosis of prostate cancer in Italy range from 55,000 to 135,000. This wide range of variation is largely due to uncertainties on the number of protein-specific antigen-detected, asymptomatic cases. The number of clinically detected cases, including cases with advanced disease, is less subject to uncertainty, with reasonable estimates ranging from 45,000 to 60,000.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy. garimoldi@marionegri.it
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: La Vecchia
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bruzzi
authors.forename: Adriano
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Decarli
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gaboardi
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boyle
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D015995:Prevalence; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery; D012042:Registries
chemical_list: D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen