10 times as many prostate cancers in 2021? MANAGED CARE May
2011. ©MediMedia USA Canadian researchers say there could be as
many as 267,329 new cases of prostate cancer diagnosed each year
by 2021. That would be 10 times as many as in 2009 (25,355
cases). Researchers in the department of radiation oncology at
the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center at the University of
Toronto calculated prostate cancer cases using best-, most
likely-, and worst-case scenarios. “The trends we’re
anticipating in Canada are going to be very similar to the
United States,” says Andrew Loblaw, MD, lead author. He’s a
staff radiation oncologist and clinician scientist at the
center. “For clinical executives, this would mean about 650,000
men diagnosed in the United States. So there’s going to be the
need for increased capacity to diagnose these men. You’re going
to need better quality in active surveillance. You’re going to
have to increase your treatment capacity — both surgery and
radiation. And lastly, it’s about cost. Both countr