[Prostatic cancer in males living in the Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur and Khabarovsk region]

Urologiia. 2012 Mar-Apr:(2):57-60.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

In 2004-2008 the Khabarovsk Region was considered as a territory of an increased risk for prostate cancer with the incidence rate of 22.2 +/- 1.6 per 100000 males. The epidemiologic situation in Khabarovsk city corresponded to an average incidence rate registered in the Khabarovsk Region (20.5 +/- 2.3 per 100000 males in 2004-2008). A prostate cancer incidence rate in Komsomolsk-on-Amur city was 1.9 times higher than in Khabarovsk city. An impact of an occupational factor on the risk of prostate cancer in males working in Komsomolsk-on-Amur industry was found.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Occupational Exposure / adverse effects
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / epidemiology*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Siberia / epidemiology