|
How common is prostate cancer?
- Prostate
cancer is the most common cancer
in men in the UK. A quarter of
all new cases of cancer
diagnosed in men are prostate
cancers.
- In 2005, more
than 34,000 men in the UK were
diagnosed with prostate cancer.
- Over the last
30 years prostate cancer rates
in Great Britain have almost
tripled, although much of the
increase is due to increased
detection through widespread use
of the PSA test.
- Almost 60% of
prostate cancer cases are
diagnosed in men aged over 70
years.
- Around
300,000 new cases of prostate
cancer are diagnosed in Europe
each year. The lowest rates are
in Southern and Eastern Europe
and the highest rates are in
Scandinavia and Northern Europe.
- Worldwide,
more than 670,000 men are
diagnosed with prostate cancer
each year. The highest rates are
in the USA, Australia, New
Zealand, Western and Northern
Europe whilst the lowest rates
are in East and South Central
Asia.
|
