World urged to prepare for doubling of prostate cancer diagnoses

The number of prostate cancers diagnosed globally will more than double - rising to 2.9 million diagnoses each year - by 2040, according to a special report authored by international experts including two from Peter Mac.
The Lancet Commission on Prostate Cancer is published online by The Lancet today and on Saturday will be formally unveiled in Paris at the annual scientific meeting of the European Association of Urology.