ABSTRACT
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the leading cause of cancer
morbidity
and mortality in elderly men worldwide. It is the
second and fih leading cause of cancer-related deaths
among men in developing and developed countries
respectively
[1]. Globally, black men are more affected than
whites. Miller et al. [2] reported the incidence rates of PCa
for black American men and those from Asia particularly
in India, was 228.7 and 141.0 per 100,000 respectively [3].
Uganda is one of the countries in the southern Sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA) with very high incidence rate of PCa. In 1990s,
PCa in Uganda was among the cancers with highest prevalence
[4]. Also in 2011, Uganda was reported to have PCa
incidence rate of 38.1 per 100, 000 [5]. is high incidence
rate is also reflected by the poor survival of PCa patients in
the country. Gondos and associates [5] reported a very low
5-year overall survival rate of patients with PCa of about
49.6%. In a study by Wabinga et al. [6] reported that, the
5-year age-standardized relative survival rates for prostate
cancer in Uganda was 46%.
Because of scarcity of follow-up data of cancer patients in
developing countries in which Uganda is included, this contributes
to shortage of studies involving survival analysis.
Moreover, even availability of survival data of patients in
Uganda and other countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa where
PCa is overwhelming, is still a problem that needs measures
to be addressed [7, 8].
Yahaya, J (2021). Prognostic Factors For Overall Survival Of Patients With Prostate Cancer In Kyadondo County, Uganda. Afribary. Retrieved from https://tracking.afribary.com/works/prognostic-factors-for-overall-survival-of-patients-with-prostate-cancer-in-kyadondo-county-uganda
Yahaya, James "Prognostic Factors For Overall Survival Of Patients With Prostate Cancer In Kyadondo County, Uganda" Afribary. Afribary, 26 Apr. 2021, https://tracking.afribary.com/works/prognostic-factors-for-overall-survival-of-patients-with-prostate-cancer-in-kyadondo-county-uganda. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
Yahaya, James . "Prognostic Factors For Overall Survival Of Patients With Prostate Cancer In Kyadondo County, Uganda". Afribary, Afribary, 26 Apr. 2021. Web. 18 Dec. 2024. < https://tracking.afribary.com/works/prognostic-factors-for-overall-survival-of-patients-with-prostate-cancer-in-kyadondo-county-uganda >.
Yahaya, James . "Prognostic Factors For Overall Survival Of Patients With Prostate Cancer In Kyadondo County, Uganda" Afribary (2021). Accessed December 18, 2024. https://tracking.afribary.com/works/prognostic-factors-for-overall-survival-of-patients-with-prostate-cancer-in-kyadondo-county-uganda