title: Social inequality and incidence of and survival from male genital cancer in a population-based study in Denmark, 1994-2003.
abstract: We investigated the effects of socioeconomic, demographic and health-related indicators on the incidence of and survival from prostate and testicular cancer diagnosed 1994-2003 with follow-up through 2006 in Denmark using information from nationwide registers. The analyses were based on data on 8279 men with prostate cancer and 1770 with testicular cancer in a cohort of 3.22 million persons born between 1925 and 1973 and aged >or=30 years. We found that men with higher education and the highest disposable income had the highest incidence of prostate cancer. The 1-year and 5-year relative survival after prostate cancer were best amongst men of the highest socioeconomic position. We found no substantial social gradients in the incidence of or survival from testicular cancer.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark. marsaa@cancer.dk
authors.forename: Kristoffer
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Marså
authors.forename: Nina Føns
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Johnsen
authors.forename: Pernille Envold
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Bidstrup
authors.forename: Christine Tind
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Johannesen-Henry
authors.forename: Søren
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Friis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003710:Demography; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality