Analysis of the prostate cancer incidence and mortality as a basis to optimize medical care in the Moscow Region

Abstract

Background: Prostate cancer (PC) is one of the most commonly diagnosed tumors in the male population that makes relevant to study current trends of its incidence and related mortality.Aim: To identify current trends in РС incidence and mortality in the Moscow Region.Materials and methods: To analyze the PC incidence and mortality in the Moscow Region from 2011 to 2016, we used data extracted from the annual report forms of the federal statistic surveillance of the public healthcare and from the Moscow Regional Cancer Registry that contains regional information on newly diagnosed cancers.Results: From 2011 to 2015, the number of PC cases in men living in the Moscow Region has increased by 38%, with an average annual growth of the incidence by 8.8%. In 2016, there was a 8.7% decline in the new PC cases (in total, 1765), compared to that in 2015. From 2011 to 2015, the incidence of PC has increased from 42.5 to 57.8 per 100,000, primarily due to its change in men above their 50 years of age. In 2016, the PC incidence went down to 52.2 per 100,000. The peak PC incidence in all years of the study was in the age group of 70 to 79 years. In 2016, there was a non-significant decrease in PC-related mortality to 16.6 per 100,000.Conclusion: The results obtained can be used to optimize medical care for PC patients in the Moscow Region.

Keywords

• incidence
• mortality
• prostate cancer
• optimization of medical care