The burden of prostate cancer in Trinidad and Tobago: One of the highest mortality rates in the world
Cancer Causes and Control May 21, 2018
Warner WA, et al. - Given that in Trinidad and Tobago (TT), prostate cancer (CaP) was the most commonly diagnosed malignancy and the leading cause of cancer deaths among men. Experts evaluated CaP survival, incidence, and mortality rates and trends in Trinidad and Tobago (TT). The increasing burden of CaP in TT and the need for improved surveillance and standard of care was highlighted in the results, notwithstanding the limitations surrounding data quality. The requirement for optimized models to project cancer rates in developing countries like TT was highlighted in the findings. To ameliorate the rates reported in the findings the rationale for targeted screening and optimized treatment for CaP was provided by this study.
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