title: Prostate cancer in Latin America.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases, Lima, Peru. mrpowsang@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mariela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pow-Sang
authors.forename: Víctor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Destefano
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Astigueta
authors.forename: Octavio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gaona
authors.forename: Félix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Santaella
authors.forename: Rene
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sotelo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*