[Carcinoma of the prostate: statistico-epidemiologic study at Casale Monferrato Hospital (1980-84)]

An investigation on prostatic dancer is reported by AA., along a five years period (80-84) in Casale Monferrato territory (USSL 76, Piedmont) incidence rate (29,8) aid mortality data (27,7) are also reported in comparison to those reported in "Registro Tumori del Piemonte (Turin)", "Registro Tumori Lombardia (Varese)" and ISTAT (national territory). A. marking differencies among reported data, give some explanation about disagreement. AA.'s further assert that the given under-estimation of the incidence rate is due to the different diagnosis in different USSL. The over-estimation of death rate is partially given first by people come back in primitive country of origin, and second by data acquired in original countries, about death.