Abstract
The most prevalent cancer affecting elderly men in the United States originates in the prostate gland. With average age at diagnosis slightly exceeding 72 years, it is the quintessential cancer of old age. As shown in Fig. 2.1, incidence increases inexorably with age, reaching 344 per year per 100,000 of the 85-plus age-group. If annual incidence is expressed per 100,000 men of that age-group, it is 1,061 per 100,000.
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
Arduino LJ, Bailar JC, The Veteran’s Administration Cooperative Urological Research Group (1967) Carcinoma of the prostate: treatment comparisons. J Urol 98:516–522
Huggins C, Hodges CV (1941) The effect of castration, of estrogen and of androgen injection on serum phosphatases in metastatic carcinoma of the prostate. Cancer Res 1:293–297
Torti FM, Carter SK (1980) The chemotherapy of prostatic adenocarcinoma. Ann Intern Med 92:681–689
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1983 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Holmes, F.F. (1983). Prostate. In: Aging and Cancer. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 87. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82101-1_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82101-1_2
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-82103-5
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-82101-1
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive