Prostate Cancer
At around 4,000 new cases a year, prostate cancer remains the most common cancer to affect men in Aotearoa.Prostate Cancer
At around 4,000 new cases a year, prostate cancer remains the most common cancer to affect men in Aotearoa.
We have seen relatively little change in prostate cancer rates for both tāne Māori and non-Māori men over the same 20-year time period. This may reflect a stabilisation of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing, which was first introduced in the early 1990s and rapidly led to an increase in the diagnosis of early prostate cancer.
Technical note
Figures showing changes over time were taken from the Manatū Hauora - Ministry of Health’s Historical summary of cancer registrations and deaths.
Rate data are age-standardised to the World Health Organisation (WHO) world standard population.
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