New global data on 5-year prostate cancer survival

A new study by Allemani et al., just published in The Lancet, has provided us with data from the largest ever global study of cancer survival, encompassing nearly 26 million people in 279 population-based registries from 67 countries around the world. … READ MORE …

What will be the global incidence of prostate cancer by 2030?

According to a new set of projections just published in The Lancet this morning, the total global burden of new cases of cancer will increase by about 75 percent (from 12.7 million in 2008 to 22.2 million in 2030) over the next 30-odd years. … READ MORE …

Prostate cancer as a global disease

Data presented earlier this week at a press conference in Atlanta, organized in part by the American Cancer Society, to announce publication of the WHO’s 2008 World Cancer Report, suggested that by 2010 cancer would be the single largest cause of death worldwide. … READ MORE …