An Epidemiological Survey of Prostatic Cancer from the Annual of the Pathological Autopsy Cases in Japan
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Tohoku University Medical Press in The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 130 (2) , 159-164
- https://doi.org/10.1620/tjem.130.159
Abstract
Cases of prostatic cancer (1210) from the Annual of the Pathological Autopsy Cases in Japan (1958-1975) were collected and subjected to statistical studies. The number of deaths caused by prostatic cancer increased yearly. The age distribution showed a peak at 70-74 yr. Neither particular diseases nor cancers were associated with prostatic cancer. The incidence of liver cirrhosis was significantly lower in prostatic cancer cases than in all male autopsy cases in the Annual. The lymph nodes, bones and lungs were the most frequent metastatic regions for prostatic cancer. Histologically, 85% of the cases were adenocarcinoma.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: