Abstract
This paper presents a chart (Figure 1) that is intended to put into perspective the magnitude of prostatic disease in the United States male population projected for 1987.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
National Data Book and Guide To Sources: Statistical Abstract of The U.S. 107th Edition. U.S. Department Of Commerce, Bureau of The Census 1987.
Berry, S.J., Coffey, D.S., Walsh, P.C. and Ewing, L.L. The development of human benign prostatic hyperplasia with age. J. Urol. 132:474–479, 1984.
Franks, L.M., Latent carcinoma of the prostate. J. Path. Bact. 68:603–616, 1954.
Silverberg, E. and Lubera, J.A. Cancer Statistics. CA-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians 37:2–19, 1976.
National Cancer Institute. SEER Program, 1981–1983.
Walsh, P.C. Human benign prostatic hyperplasia: etiologic considerations, in: “Progress in Clinical and Biological Research”, vol. 145, 1–25, 1984.
Bauer, W.C., McGavran, M.H. and Carlin, M.R., Unsuspected carcinoma of the prostate in suprapubic prostatectomy specimens. A clinicopathological study of 55 consecutive cases. Cancer 13:370–378, 1960.
Denton, S.E., Choy, S.H. and Valk, W.L., Occult prostatic carcinoma diagnosed by the step section technique of the surgical specimen. J. Urol. 93:296–298, 1965.
Murphy, G.P., Natarajan, N., Pontes, J.E., Schmitz, R.L., Smart, C.R., Schmidt, J.D. and Mettlin, C., The national survey of prostate cancer in The United States by the American College of Surgeons. J. Urol. 127:928–934, 1982.
The Veterans Administration Cooperative Urological Research Group Carcinoma of the prostate: Treatment comparisons. J. Urol. 98:516–522, 1967.
Jewett, H.J., Prostatic cancer: A personal view of the problem. J. Urol. 131:845–849, 1984.
Donohue, R.E., Fauver, H.E., Whitesel, J.A. and Pfister, R.R., Staging prostatic cancer: A different distribution. J. Urol. 122:327–329, 1979.
Paulson, D.F., Stone, A.R., Walther, P.J., Tucker, J.A. and Cox, E.B., Radical prostatectomy: Anatomical predictors of success or failure. J. Urol. 136:1041–1043, 1986.
Mukamel, E., deKernion, J.B., Hannah, J., Smith, R.B., Skinner, D.G., and Goodwin, W.E., The incidence and significance of seminal vesicle invasion in patients with adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Cancer 59:1535–1538, 1987.
Oesterling, J.E., Brendler, C.B., Epstein, J.I., Kimball, A.W. Jr. and Walsh, P.C. Correlation of clinical stage, serum prostatic acid phosphatase and preoperative Gleason grade with final pathological stage in 275 patients with clinically localized adenocarcinoma of the prostate. J. Urol. 138:92–98, 1987.
Lange, P.H., Moon, T.D., Narayan, P. and Medini, E., Radiation therapy as adjuvant treatment after radical prostatectomy: Patient tolerance and preliminary results. J. Urol. 136:45–49, 1986.
Catalona, W.J. and Stein, A.J., Staging errors in clinically localized prostatic cancer. J. Urol. 127:452–456, 1982.
Donohue, R.E., Fauver, H.E., Whitesel, J.A., Augspurger, R.R. and Pfister, R.R., Prostatic carcinoma: Influence of tumor grade on results of pelvic lymphadenectomy. Urology 17:435–440, 1981.
Donohue, R.E., Mani, J.H., Whitesel, J.A., Mohr, S., Scanavino, D., Augspurger, R.R., Biber, R.J., Fauver, H.E., Wettlaufer, J.N. and Pfister, R.R., Pelvic lymph node dissection: Guide to patient management in clinically locally confined adenocarcinoma of prostate. Urology 20:559–565, 1982.
Parfitt, H.E. Jr., Smith, J.A. Jr., Gliedman, J.B. and Middleton, R.G. Accuracy of staging in A1 carcinoma of the prostate. Cancer 51:2346–2350, 1983.
Bridges, C.H., Belville, W.D., Insalaco, S.J. and Buck, A.S. Stage A prostatic carcinoma and repeat transurethral resection: A reappraisal 5 years later. J. Urol. 129:307–308, 1983.
Thompson, I.M., Rounder, J.B., Teague, J.L., Peek, M. and Spence, C.R., Impact of routine screening for adenocarcinoma of the prostate on stage distribution. J. Urol. 137:424–426, 1987.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1988 Plenum Press, New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Carter, H.B., Coffey, D.S. (1988). Prostate Cancer: The Magnitude of the Problem in the United States. In: Coffey, D.S., Resnick, M.I., Dorr, F.A., Karr, J.P. (eds) A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Controversies in the Management of Prostate Cancer. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1667-1_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1667-1_1
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4612-8925-8
Online ISBN: 978-1-4613-1667-1
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive