TY - JOUR
T1 - What can geography tell us about prostate cancer?
AU - Klassen, Ann C.
AU - Platz, Elizabeth A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the Maryland Cigarette Restitution Fund of the State of Maryland, and NIH SPORE (Specialized Programs of Research Excellence) award P50 CA58236. We thank Michael C. Gibbons, MD, MPH, Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute, for his insightful discussions of multilevel risk for cancer in urban environments.
PY - 2006/2
Y1 - 2006/2
N2 - One of the most striking characteristics of prostate cancer is the degree of geographic variation in its patterns of occurrence and progression; this variation is apparent at local, national, and international levels. Although geographic theory, methods, and data are increasingly utilized for public health research, epidemiologic research in prostate cancer etiology and progression has not taken full advantage of the spatial sciences as partner disciplines. This article reviews the known factors influencing the biology and epidemiology of prostate cancer and some of the ways in which findings to date have benefited from geography. A model is presented for geographically integrated research in prostate cancer, with discussion of how spatially referenced data and methods could enhance approaches to answering remaining questions in prostate cancer.
AB - One of the most striking characteristics of prostate cancer is the degree of geographic variation in its patterns of occurrence and progression; this variation is apparent at local, national, and international levels. Although geographic theory, methods, and data are increasingly utilized for public health research, epidemiologic research in prostate cancer etiology and progression has not taken full advantage of the spatial sciences as partner disciplines. This article reviews the known factors influencing the biology and epidemiology of prostate cancer and some of the ways in which findings to date have benefited from geography. A model is presented for geographically integrated research in prostate cancer, with discussion of how spatially referenced data and methods could enhance approaches to answering remaining questions in prostate cancer.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.amepre.2005.09.004
DO - 10.1016/j.amepre.2005.09.004
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16458793
AN - SCOPUS:31644447362
SN - 0749-3797
VL - 30
SP - S7-S15
JO - American journal of preventive medicine
JF - American journal of preventive medicine
IS - 2 SUPPL.
ER -