Abstract
One of the most frequently cited facts regarding the epidemiology of prostatic cancer is that the incidence and mortality rates for Oriental males are far lower than those of corresponding Western populations (for review see 1,2). Specifically, data derived from world-wide cancer registries indicate that the prostate cancer incidence rates (per 100,000) for males residing in the United States vary from 10 to 30 times those of Osaka, Japan or 50 to 125 times those of Shanghai, China (3).
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
Flanders D. W., Review: Prostate cancer epidemiology. The Prostate 5:621–629, 1984.
Walker, A.R.P. Prostate cancer - some aspects of epidemiology, risk factors, treatment and survival. S. Afr. Med. J. 69:44–47, 1986.
Waterhouse, J., Shanmugaratnam, K., Muir, C. and Powell, J. Cancer Incidence in Five Continents, Vol IV (IARC Scientific Publications, No. 42). Lyons: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1982.
Piyaratn, P. Relative incidence of malignant neoplasms in Thailand. Cancer 12:693–696, 1959.
Xie, Z-H. Report on 7 cases of prostatic carcinoma. Chinese J. Urol, (in Chinese) 3:218–219, 1982.
Ravich, A. Point of view - misleading reports on Japanese incidence of prostatic cancer. Urology 11:542, 1978.
Zhang, P., Cheng, S., Zhou, Y., He, A., Hu, J. and Huang, S. General survey to detect prostatic diseases in 1,165 aged males over 60. Chinese J. Geriat. (in Chinese) 3:99–101, 1984.
King, H. and Haenszel, W. Cancer mortality among foreign- and native-born Chinese in the United States. J. Chron. Dis. 26:623–646, 1973.
Fraumeni, J.F. and Mason, T.J. Cancer mortality among Chinese Americans, 1950–69 J. Nat. Cancer Inst. 52:659–665, 1974.
Akazaki, K. and Stemmermann, G.N. Comparative study of latent carcinoma of the prostate among Japanese in Japan and Hawaii. J. Nat. Cancer Inst. 50:1137–1144, 1973.
Yatani, R., Chigusa, I., Akazaki, K., Stemmermann, G.N., Welsh, R.A. and Correa, P. Geographic pathology of latent prostatic carcinoma. Int. J. Cancer 29:611–616, 1982.
Miller, G.J. An atlas of prostatic biopsies: Dilemmas of morphologic variance, in: “Progress in Surgical Pathology”, C.M. Fenoglio-Preiser, M. Wolff and F. Rilke eds., Field and Wood, Philadelphia, 1987.
Kastendieck, H. Correlations between atypical primary hyperplasia and carcinoma of the prostate: A histologic study of 180 total prostatectomies. Pathol. Res. Pract. 169:366–387, 1980.
McNeal, J.E. and Bostwick, D.G. Intraductal dysplasia: A premalignant lesion of the prostate. Human Path. 17:64–71, 1986.
Hu, C-Y.H. and Yang, C. A decade of progress in morphologic pathology. Chinese Med. J. 79:409–422, 1959.
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
Miller, G.J. (1988). Diagnosis of Stage a Prostate Cancer in the People’s Republic of China. 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_3
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1667-1_3
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4612-8925-8
Online ISBN: 978-1-4613-1667-1
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive