NR-503 Week 6 Assignment: Epidemiological Analysis: Chronic Health Problem – Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is a common chronic disease which affects male in middle age or later which is mostly diagnosed in elderly males aged above 65 years. Early prostate cancer doesn’t have any symptoms, it is usually diagnosed at health screening with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and digital rectal exam (DRE). Since the last few decades, this chronic disease has become a major health issue worldwide. Prostate cancer is the adenocarcinoma of the prostate (Zoltick, Keefe & Schimke, 2019). Some of the rare cancers which start in the prostate are small cell carcinomas, neuroendocrine tumors, transitional cell carcinomas, and sarcomas. In American men, prostate cancer is the most common non-cutaneous cancer. It is the second leading cause of death in men due to cancer in America (CDC, 2019). The highest rates of prostate cancer are reported in Western and Nothern Europe and North America may be mainly due to the wide screening of PSA compared to Asian countries (Krishnamoorhty & Padmanabha, 2016). According to the Indian Journal of Urology (2016), the annual rate for prostate cancer in India is 5 to 9.1 per 100,000/year, compared to 110.4 for white males and 180.9 in black males in the United St Show Less