Epidemiology and Prevention of Prostate Cancer in Vietnam
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide and a leading cause of mortality. Incidences continues to rise and vary substantially between populations. Although the prevalence of prostate cancer is relatively low in Vietnam, some hospital-based reports have shown an upward trend...
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Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention
2014
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| author | Dong, H. Lee, Andy Nga, N. Quang, N. Chuyen, V. Binns, Colin |
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| description | Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide and a leading cause of mortality. Incidences continues to rise and vary substantially between populations. Although the prevalence of prostate cancer is relatively low in Vietnam, some hospital-based reports have shown an upward trend in recent years. While certain non-modifiable factors such as age, race and genetics are known to be mainly responsible, the literature has also suggested that environmental exposures can delay the onset of this disease. The present study provides a review of the epidemiology of prostate cancer in Vietnam by systematically searching several electronic databases. The results confirm an increasing trend of prostate cancer over the past decade, with age-standardised rate more than doubled from 2.2 per 100,000 men in 2000 to 4.7 per 100,000 men in 2010. However, no study has been found on modifiable risk factors, with the exception of one in vitro experiment that showed the inhibitory effect of garlic on the growth of prostate cancer cells. The lack of epidemiological information poses a difficulty to develop public health interventions to prevent this emerging malignant disease in Vietnam. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-168782017-09-13T15:45:16Z Epidemiology and Prevention of Prostate Cancer in Vietnam Dong, H. Lee, Andy Nga, N. Quang, N. Chuyen, V. Binns, Colin Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide and a leading cause of mortality. Incidences continues to rise and vary substantially between populations. Although the prevalence of prostate cancer is relatively low in Vietnam, some hospital-based reports have shown an upward trend in recent years. While certain non-modifiable factors such as age, race and genetics are known to be mainly responsible, the literature has also suggested that environmental exposures can delay the onset of this disease. The present study provides a review of the epidemiology of prostate cancer in Vietnam by systematically searching several electronic databases. The results confirm an increasing trend of prostate cancer over the past decade, with age-standardised rate more than doubled from 2.2 per 100,000 men in 2000 to 4.7 per 100,000 men in 2010. However, no study has been found on modifiable risk factors, with the exception of one in vitro experiment that showed the inhibitory effect of garlic on the growth of prostate cancer cells. The lack of epidemiological information poses a difficulty to develop public health interventions to prevent this emerging malignant disease in Vietnam. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16878 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.22.9747 Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Dong, H. Lee, Andy Nga, N. Quang, N. Chuyen, V. Binns, Colin Epidemiology and Prevention of Prostate Cancer in Vietnam |
| title | Epidemiology and Prevention of Prostate Cancer in Vietnam |
| title_full | Epidemiology and Prevention of Prostate Cancer in Vietnam |
| title_fullStr | Epidemiology and Prevention of Prostate Cancer in Vietnam |
| title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiology and Prevention of Prostate Cancer in Vietnam |
| title_short | Epidemiology and Prevention of Prostate Cancer in Vietnam |
| title_sort | epidemiology and prevention of prostate cancer in vietnam |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16878 |