Why is the prostate cancer death rate declining in the united states?
CancerPublished 15 January 1998
Curtis Mettlin, Gerald P. Murphy
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The National Cancer Institute recently reported data showing that the prostate cancer death rate in the United States declined between 1990 and 1995, and the overall decline was from 26.5 to 17.3 deaths per 100,000 men in the population.
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Changes in prostate cancer detection and patterns of care may account for recent declines in prostate cancer mortality in the United States.
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MedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
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