Annual prostate cancer cases worldwide are projected to double by the year 2040, and annual deaths are projected to increase by 85% to almost 700,000 over the same timeframe – mainly among men in low- and middle-income countries.
Apr 2 2024University of Miami Miller School of Medicine A commissioned report published online in The Lancet on April 4 highlights the future landscape of prostate cancer and seeks to guide cancer experts worldwide on how to manage the massive influx of prostate cancer patients projected over the next two decades.
Brandon Mahal, M.D., radiation oncologist and translational epidemiologist, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine That's an area right in Mahal's wheelhouse. As a translational epidemiologist, he studies differences in disease risk among populations. "Men with West African ancestry, for example, are more than twice as likely to die from prostate cancer," he said.
Expanding community outreach The authors noted that one of the best ways to improve prostate cancer outcomes is to expand screening among high-risk populations so that the disease can be diagnosed at earlier stages, when treatment is typically most effective.
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