An Estimate of Prostate Cancer Prevalence for a Demographically Similar Workforce Population

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• Personal Author:
  Ducatman AM ; Hobbs GR ; Niewiadonska-Bugaj M ; Westra CS
• Description:
  To obtain an estimate of prostate cancer prevalence when screening is applied to a workforce, we conducted a search of the English world literature from West Virginia University. Thirty-one papers which met selection criteria for screening were followed by histopathologic diagnosis. Publications using Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) as a screening test were reviewed. The data from these papers were combined. Population characteristics were then selected to represent the demographics of a working population. Prostate cancer prevalence estimates for the demographics of a working population were calculated using a weighted mean after relevant studies lacked homogeneity and therefore failed meta-analysis. The expected prevalence of prostate cancer in a workplace surveillance population is 2.03% (95% C.I. from 1.69% to 2.37%). This information is useful to entities considering workplace surveillance. Selection bias, geographic location, and uncertainty in prediction of a representative workforce population may strongly influence estimates. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Neoplasms Occupational Health Safety Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System
• Keywords:
  Cancer Demographic-characteristics Histopathology Occupational-health-services Prostate-cancer Surveillance-programs Worker-health Workers
• ISSN:
  0043-3284
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  116-122
• Volume:
  95
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029640
• Citation:
  WV Med J 1999 May-Jun; 95(3):116-122
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Performing Organization:
  West Virginia University, School of Medicine, Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health, Morgantown, West Virginia
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19970701
• Source Full Name:
  West Virginia Medical Journal
• End Date:
  20050630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c31ce5ef1ad1c71d1603a6f68ae235c6b75cdee4e1d243afd6c258f51e31284a8d96aa57ed45437b55249a227c3c9e7c07dfd6ee5ae519d63173607b03e229a6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190572/cdc_190572_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 617.67 KB ]