ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To establish the incidence of prostate cancer (PCa) in Sicily in patients who entered an early detection protocol. METHODS: From February 2002 to February 2004, 16,298 subjects aged 40-75 entered the protocol. Patients with suspicious DRE, PSA>10 ng/ml, PSASubject(s)
Prostatic Neoplasms/epidemiology
, Adult
, Age Distribution
, Aged
, Biopsy, Needle
, Humans
, Incidence
, Male
, Middle Aged
, Odds Ratio
, Palpation/methods
, Prevalence
, Prostate/diagnostic imaging
, Prostate/pathology
, Prostate-Specific Antigen/blood
, Prostatic Neoplasms/blood
, Prostatic Neoplasms/diagnosis
, Retrospective Studies
, Risk Factors
, Sicily/epidemiology
, Ultrasonography