## BACKGROUND. In Mexico, prostate cancer (PC) is the second highest cause of mortality by cancer in men. In 1991, there were 2,473 deaths, with a crude rate of 5.66 cases per 100,000 men age 40 or over. For this same year, the ratio of proportional mortality to the total number of malignant tumor
232 TEMPORAL TRENDS IN PROSTATE CANCER MORTALITY
β Scribed by Anderson, Ross; Chen, Yiyi; McNamara, Steven; Amling, Christopher; Martinez Acevedo, Ann; Koppie, Theresa
- Book ID
- 123437228
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 146 KB
- Volume
- 189
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5347
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