Years of life lost due to prostate cancer in the USA: 1972-2006 ...

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Sitemaster

A new paper in this month?s Journal of Urology has attempted to document the potential number of years of life lost (PYLL) to prostate cancer (and other forms of urogenital cancer) between 1972 and 2006 ? based on the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) data.

According to Kamel et al., the PYLL for prostate cancer over this time period can be estimated as follows:

The authors suggest that the increase in PYLL from 1972 through the early 1990s may reflect improvements in the detection and diagnosis of prostate cancer through the widespread use of PSA screening and the wider use of radical prostatectomy for treatment of localized prostate cancer, especially after the introduction of nerve-sparing surgery. However, the exact reason for the initial rise and later fall in the PYLL is still unclear ? as is the increase and subsequent fall in prostate cancer incidence over the same time period.

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Source: http://prostatecancerinfolink.net/2012/02/13/years-of-life-lost-due-to-prostate-cancer-in-the-usa-1972-2006/

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