Mosli H A
Department of Urology, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Ann Saudi Med. 1997 Sep;17(5):510-4. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.1997.510.
This paper presents the current available information on prostate cancer in Saudi Arabia. This review of the literature includes most epidemiological studies on cancer in Saudi Arabia that were published in the Saudi medical literature. The reviewed papers presented the experience of medical centers in the Central, Eastern, Western and Southern regions of Saudi Arabia. Papers on prostate cancer that were presented during the annual Saudi Urological Meetings were also analyzed. There was no single paper previously published on this specific cancer in the Saudi medical literature. Four papers related to local experience of prostate cancer were presented in the annual Saudi Urological Conferences, and all reported infrequent encounters with this disease. The data gathered from multiple medical centers in the different regions of the Kingdom indicates that the reported incidence of prostate cancer has been steadily falling in Saudi Arabia over the past 20 years. The information presented here sheds some light on this cancer, and calls for the close observation of any future changes in the frequency of this disease and its related morbidity and mortality.
本文介绍了沙特阿拉伯前列腺癌的现有信息。该文献综述涵盖了沙特医学文献中发表的大多数关于沙特阿拉伯癌症的流行病学研究。所审查的论文展示了沙特阿拉伯中部、东部、西部和南部地区医疗中心的经验。还分析了在沙特泌尿外科年度会议上发表的关于前列腺癌的论文。沙特医学文献中此前没有关于这种特定癌症的单一论文发表。在沙特泌尿外科年度会议上发表了四篇与前列腺癌当地经验相关的论文，所有论文都报告称这种疾病的病例罕见。从沙特王国不同地区的多个医疗中心收集的数据表明，过去20年中沙特阿拉伯报告的前列腺癌发病率一直在稳步下降。此处提供的信息为这种癌症提供了一些线索，并呼吁密切观察该疾病发病率及其相关发病率和死亡率未来的任何变化。
