Secular Trends in the Prevalence of Total and Latent Prostate Cancer over Half a Century According to Consecutive Autopsy Cases in a Japanese community: The Hisayama Study
We used data from autopsy examinations in a Japanese population to analyze long-term trends for the occurrence of prostate cancer. We found a significant rise in the occurrence of both diagnosed prostate cancer and latent prostate cancer over the past 60 years in this Japanese community.
Authors
- Tomoyuki Ohara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7426-4290)
- Masaki Shiota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3306-4858)
- Kenji Kawatoko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4311-7569)
- Yoshihiko Furuta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2373-9636)
- Masatoshi Eto
- Satoko Sakata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6750-5762)
- Mao Shibata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4468-6214)
- Emi Oishi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-4119)
- Dai Takamatsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2343-4316)
- Junichi Taira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8438-865X)
- Toshiharu Ninomiya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1345-9032)
- Hiroaki Ogata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6932-747X)
- Jun Hata
- Yoshinao Oda
Institutions
- Kyushu University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Urology Open Science
- Published
- 2025-06-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euros.2025.05.013
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52
Funders
- Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Japan Science and Technology Agency