Prostate cancer incidence highest in the Pacific

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the developed countries (other than skin cancer). In 2008, an estimated 899,000 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer and 258,000 died from the disease worldwide. Prostate cancer is the sixth leading cause of death from cancer in men.

Incidence rates of prostate cancer varies widely across the Asia Pacific region, with the highest rates in Australia and New Zealand (104.2 per 100,000), and lower rates estimated in South-Central Asia (4.1 per 100,000), in India (14 per 100,000), South East Asia (22 per 100,000), and China (33 per 100,000).vi

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