摘要
In Europe,prostate cancer(PCa)is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men with an estimated 416000 new cases and the third leading cause of cancer death with 92000 deaths in 2012[1].In China,based on 177 of 234 cancer registries,PCa was the 7th most frequent neoplasm in men,with 49000 new cases in 2011[2].Of course the variability of the incidence of PCa has many causes,including environmental,dietary,lifestyle factors or genetic risks,with the well-known example of the higher incidence in African-American men compared to that of Caucasian men in the United States.
