Prostate cancer in Asia: A collaborative report
Rui Chen, Shancheng Ren, Chinese Prostate Cancer Consortium, Ming Kwong Yiu, Ng Chi Fai, Wai Sam Cheng, Lap Hong Ian, Seiji Naito, Tadashi Matsuda, Elijah Kehinde, Ali Kural, Jason Yichun Chiu, Rainy Umbas, Qiang Wei, Xiaolei Shi, Liqun Zhou, Jian Huang, Yiran Huang, Liping Xie, Lulin Ma, Changjun Yin, Danfeng Xu, Kexin Xu, Zhangqun Ye, Chunxiao Liu, Dingwei Ye, Xin Gao, Qiang Fu, Jianquan Hou, Jianlin Yuan, Dalin He, Tiejun Pan, Qiang Ding, Fengshuo Jin, Benkang Shi, Gongxian Wang, Xiuheng Liu, Dongwen Wang, Zhoujun Shen, Xiangbo Kong, Wanhai Xu, Yaoliang Deng, Haibo Xia, Alexa N Cohen, Xu Gao, Chuanliang Xu, Yinghao Sun, Rui Chen, Shancheng Ren, Chinese Prostate Cancer Consortium, Ming Kwong Yiu, Ng Chi Fai, Wai Sam Cheng, Lap Hong Ian, Seiji Naito, Tadashi Matsuda, Elijah Kehinde, Ali Kural, Jason Yichun Chiu, Rainy Umbas, Qiang Wei, Xiaolei Shi, Liqun Zhou, Jian Huang, Yiran Huang, Liping Xie, Lulin Ma, Changjun Yin, Danfeng Xu, Kexin Xu, Zhangqun Ye, Chunxiao Liu, Dingwei Ye, Xin Gao, Qiang Fu, Jianquan Hou, Jianlin Yuan, Dalin He, Tiejun Pan, Qiang Ding, Fengshuo Jin, Benkang Shi, Gongxian Wang, Xiuheng Liu, Dongwen Wang, Zhoujun Shen, Xiangbo Kong, Wanhai Xu, Yaoliang Deng, Haibo Xia, Alexa N Cohen, Xu Gao, Chuanliang Xu, Yinghao Sun
Abstract
The incidence of prostate cancer (PCa) within Asian population used to be much lower than in the Western population; however, in recent years the incidence and mortality rate of PCa in some Asian countries have grown rapidly. This collaborative report summarized the latest epidemiology information, risk factors, and racial differences in PCa diagnosis, current status and new trends in surgery management and novel agents for castration-resistant prostate cancer. We believe such information would be helpful in clinical decision making for urologists and oncologists, health-care ministries and medical researchers.
Keywords: Asian population; Epidemiology; Prostate cancer; Racial differences; Risk factors; Surgery management.
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