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. 2009 Jan 13;100(1):170-3.
doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604834. Epub 2008 Dec 16.

Incidence and mortality of incidental prostate cancer: a Swedish register-based study

O Andrèn  1 , H Garmo, L Mucci, S-O Andersson, J-E Johansson, K Fall
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Incidence and mortality of incidental prostate cancer: a Swedish register-based study

O Andrèn et al. Br J Cancer. .

Abstract

In a national register-based study of incidence trends and mortality of incidental prostate cancer in Sweden, we found that a significant proportion (26.6%) of affected men diagnosed died of their disease, which challenges earlier descriptions of incidental prostate cancer as a non-lethal disease.

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Figure 1
Age-standardised incidence of TURP-detected and total prostate cancer in Sweden between 1970 and 2005.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Prostate cancer-specific mortality in Sweden between 1970 and 2003 among men with incidental (left panel) and non-incidental prostate cancer (right panel), by calendar time.
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