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INCIDENCE

Prostate cancer incidence in Belgium is below the European average of 153.9 per 100,000 population, at a rate of 139.9 per 100,000.1 The age-adjusted incidence of prostate cancer decreased in Belgium between 2006 and 2017, despite being the most frequently diagnosed cancer amongst men.2 To note is that national data can in some instances deviate from international datasets. According to the most recent Belgian Cancer registry data from 2017, the crude rate is 171.6 per 100,000.3

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European Cancer Information System (ECIS). Estimates of cancer incidence and mortality in 2020. Accessible at https://ecis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/explorer.php?$0-0$1-All$2-All$4-1$3-34$6-0,85$5-2008,2008$7-7$CEstByCountry$X0_8-3$X0_19-AE27$X0_20-No$CEstBySexByCountry$X1_8-3$X1_19-AE27$X1_-1-1$CEstByIndiByCountry$X2_8-3$X2_19-AE27$X2_20-No$CEstRelative$X3_8-3$X3_9-AE27$X3_19-AE27$CEstByCountryTable$X4_19-AE27 (last accessed February 2022)

2 Healthy Belgium. Cancer – for a Healthy Belgium. 24 July 2020. Accessible at https://www.healthybelgium.be/en/health-status/non-communicable-diseases/cancer (last accessed February 2022)

3 Belgian Cancer Registry. Cancer Burden in Belgium 2004-2017. 2020. Accessible at https://kankerregister.org/media/docs/CancerBurdenfeb2020reduced.pdf (last accessed February 2022)

Estimated prostate cancer incidence 2020
(crude rate per 100,000 population)

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European Cancer Information System (ECIS). Estimates of cancer incidence and mortality in 2020. Accessible at https://ecis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/explorer.php?$0-0$1-All$2-All$4-1$3-34$6-0,85$5-2008,2008$7-8$CEstByCountry$X0_8-3$X0_19-AE27$X0_20-No$CEstBySexByCountry$X1_8-3$X1_19-AE27$X1_-1-1$CEstByIndiByCountry$X2_8-3$X2_19-AE27$X2_20-No$CEstRelative$X3_8-3$X3_9-AE27$X3_19-AE27$CEstByCountryTable$X4_19-AE27 (last accessed March 2022)

Reference Number: ONC_2021_0137_BE
Date of preparation: January 2022

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