Leveling of prostate cancer mortality in Western Europe

Fabio Levi; Franca Lucchini; Eva Negri; Peter Boyle; Carlo La Vecchia

doi:10.1002/pros.20058

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The pattern of trends in CaP rates observed across Europe is consistent with a favorable role of improved diagnosis, but mainly of advancements of therapy (including more widespread adoption of radical prostatectomy and androgen blockage) on CaP mortality in Western Europe.

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