Cancers of the male genital organs: prostate and testis.
The present paper presents the temporal trend analysis of prostate and testis cancers within the Italian Network of Cancer Registries (pool AIRT) for the period 1986-1997. As regards prostate cancer (27,477 incident cases and 11,189 deaths analysed), incidence showed a strong increasing trend, particularly evident in the period 1991-1994, during which standardised rates increased on an average of 12.1% every year. Mortality showed a slight, but significant, decreasing trend. Testis cancer (1,808 incident cases and 185 deaths) incidence increased significantly from 1986 to 1997 and mortality was stable.
Registro tumonr Regione Liguria, Istituto nazionale ricerca sul cancro - IST7, Dipartimento di oncelogia, biologia e genetica, Università di Genova.
Marina
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Vercelli
Francesco
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Bellù
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology