Lopatkin N A, Maksimov V A, Khodyreva L A, Davydova E N
Urologiia. 2009 Sep-Oct(5):50-4.
One of the aims in the strategy of Moscow health service is perfection of early diagnosis of urological diseases. Examination of about 1.500000 males over 50 years was conducted in 2002-2007. The number of PSA tests rose 5-fold for 5 years. The number of ultrasonographies and transrectal ultrasonic investigations of the prostate rose from 21650 (2002) to 128890 (2007), the number of polyfocal biopsies--from 2165 (2002) to 12219 (2007). The rate of detection of prostatic diseases increased from 1146 cases per 100000 adult male population (1999) to 2097 (2007). Chronic prostatitis was registered in 17.8%, prostatic adenoma in 29.6% examinees, new cases of prostatic cancer were detected in 0.86% examinees. Standard prostatic cancer morbidity rose from 30.4 to 47.0 per 100000 male population. Percentage of early detected prostatic cancer increased from 42.9% in 2000 to 62% in 2007, detection of prostatic cancer stage III-IV reduced from 27.3% in 2000 to 16.6% in 2007. Thus, new prophylactic measures improved efficacy of outpatient urological service, raised rate of detection of chronic prostatitis, prostatic adenoma, prostatic cancer