Incidence and mortality of incidental prostate cancer: a Swedish register-based study.
In a national register-based study of incidence trends and mortality of incidental prostate cancer in Sweden, we found that a significant proportion (26.6%) of affected men diagnosed died of their disease, which challenges earlier descriptions of incidental prostate cancer as a non-lethal disease.
Andrèn
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Department of Urology Orebro University Hospital, Orebro 701 85, Sweden. ove.andren@orebroll.se
Garmo
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Mucci
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Andersson
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Johansson
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Fall
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D012042:Registries; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D020728:Transurethral Resection of Prostate