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ReviewCancers2025

Rising Trends in Prostate Cancer Among Asian Men: Global Concerns and Diagnostic Solutions.

Li-Chuan Ko, Nick Gravina, Joos Berghausen, Joe Abdo

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Review in Cancers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Cancer mortality predictions for 2026 in selected Asian countries and Australia with focus on prostate cancer.European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) · 2026
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  5. Breath Aldehyde Profiling using PFBHA-GC/MS as a Prostate Cancer Biomarker.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2026
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  8. Paradigm Lost.Cancers · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Li-Chuan KoDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3900 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
Nick GravinaAstraZeneca, 1 Medimmune Way, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.
Joos BerghausenDepartment of Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3900 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
Joe AbdoOxford BioDynamics Inc., 9801 Washingtonian Blvd, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1463-9038

Funding

Pharmacological Sciences Training Program (PSTP)T32GM142520 · NIGMS · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI Patrick Alexander Forcelli, Anton Wellstein · 2022 to 2026
$1.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM142520
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asia comprises 60% of the global male population, yet Asian men's health issues, such as prostate cancer, remain sparse in the literature. Clinical researchers have often overlooked prostate cancer in Asian men, as available statistics suggest that Asian men are less likely to develop prostate cancer compared to Caucasian, Black, and Hispanic males. However, cultural investigations have indicated these figures may be influenced by factors such as cultural taboos, superstition and misconception, limited access to diagnostic tools and healthcare facilities, and epidemiological factors in terms of lifestyle, environmental exposure, and genetics. In particular, the lack of diagnostic resources, coupled with cultural stigmas surrounding cancers affecting the genitalia in Asian societies, may contribute to significant underreporting. Rapid aging population growth in East Asia and the continuing shift in Asiatic lifestyles towards Westernization will likely contribute to a continued rise in prostate cancer incidence among Asian men in the coming years. A comprehensive review of novel and commercially available prostate cancer detection tests demonstrates that accurate, less-invasive tools could relieve many of the pressures surrounding Asian men and their prostate health.

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Asian men’s healthcancer epidemiologyearly detectionglobal cancer trendsmolecular diagnosticsprecision oncologyprostate cancer

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PMID40149348
PMCPMC11940381

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