Interpreting Trends in Prostate Cancer Incidence and Mortality in the Five Nordic Countries
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Interpreting trends in prostate cancer incidence and mortality in the five Nordic countries.
Trends in incidence and mortality rates of prostate cancer were analyzed using data from the national cancer registries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Joinpoint regression models were used to quantify temporal trends for the period from 1980 to 2004. Incidence rates were increasing and similar in the Nordic countries during the 1980s. Around 1990, a more rapid incidence incre...
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عنوان ژورنال: JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0027-8874,1460-2105
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djm249