Al-Abdin Osman Z, Al-Beeshi Ibrahim Z
Cancer Research Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail.
Saudi Med J. 2018 May;39(5):453-458. doi: 10.15537/smj.2018.5.21986.
This review evaluated prostate cancer studies from around the world and investigated the causes of differences among them. Prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates showed significant discrepancies between countries and ethnicities. In North America as well as in other western countries, the most common cancer was found to be prostate cancer; however, it appears to be not as prevalent among men in the Middle East and North Africa. Statistics show that screening of prostate-specific antigen levels should be applied depending on ethnicity and age. Other environmental aspects such as dietary and androgenic factors are believed to have caused these differences.
本综述评估了来自世界各地的前列腺癌研究,并调查了它们之间存在差异的原因。前列腺癌的发病率和死亡率在不同国家和种族之间存在显著差异。在北美以及其他西方国家,最常见的癌症是前列腺癌;然而,在中东和北非男性中,前列腺癌似乎不那么普遍。统计数据表明,应根据种族和年龄进行前列腺特异性抗原水平的筛查。饮食和雄激素等其他环境因素被认为是造成这些差异的原因。