Prostate cancer in Latin America.
There is a very low rate of early prostate cancer detection in Latin America, since patients usually are diagnosed when the disease is in advanced stages. Sporadic prostate cancer screening campaigns do exist which allow us to diagnose this disease in earlier stages. Incidence and mortality rates differ widely from country to country, and they are probable underreported in our region since registers may be city-based instead of country-based.
Pow-Sang
Mariela
M
National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases, Lima, Peru. mrpowsang@hotmail.com
Destefano
Víctor
V
Astigueta
Juan Carlos
JC
Castillo
Octavio
O
Gaona
José Luis
JL
Santaella
Félix
F
Sotelo
Rene
R
D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*