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SUBMITTER: Shao YH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2744729 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shao Yu-Hsuan YH Demissie Kitaw K Shih Weichung W Mehta Amit R AR Stein Mark N MN Roberts Calpurnyia B CB Dipaola Robert S RS Lu-Yao Grace L GL
Journal of the National Cancer Institute 20090827 18
National-level data that characterize contemporary prostate cancer patients are limited. We used 2004-2005 data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program to generate a contemporary profile of prostate cancer patients (N = 82 541) and compared patient characteristics of this 2004-2005 population with those of patients diagnosed in 1998-1989 and 1996-1997. Among newly diagnosed patients in 2004-2005, the majority (94%) had localized (ie, stage T1 or T2) prostate cancer and a med ...[more]