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Healthcare professionals should adequately inform men with prostate cancer and their partners or carers about the effects of prostate cancer and the treatment options on their sexual function, physical appearance, continence and other aspects of masculinity. Healthcare professionals should support men and their partners or carers in making treatment decisions, taking into account the effects on quality of life as well as survival. | ZER FACTS in Asia The Burden of Cancer The burden of cancer in Asia In 2002 4.2 million new cancer cases 39 of new cases worldwide were diagnosed among 3.2 billion persons 48 of the world population living in the fifteen most highly developed countries in South East and Southeast Asia Japan Taiwan Singapore South Korea Malaysia Thailand China Philippines Sri Lanka Vietnam Indonesia Mongolia India Laos and Cambodia. China and India together accounting for 37 of the worldwide population reported 3 million of these newly diagnosed cancer cases. Demographic characteristics vary widely in these fifteen countries median ages in India China and Japan are 25 34 and 44 years respectively yet collectively they carry a disproportionate burden of worldwide liver stomach and esophageal cancer. Three fourths of new worldwide liver cancer cases in males and two thirds in females occur in these fifteen Asian countries. Greater than 50 of the world s new cases of stomach cancer and greater than 70 of newly diagnosed esophageal cancer worldwide occur in these Asian countries. China alone contributes more than half of the world s newly diagnosed liver and esophageal cancer cases and 42 of newly diagnosed stomach cancer cases. By comparison fewer than 4 of the world s new cases of each of these cancers occur in the United States. In 7 of these Asian countries lung cancer has the highest incidence rate age-standardized of all cancers in males and breast cancer is the highest incident cancer for females. Lung cancer has the highest death rate age-standardized for males in the majority of these Asian countries and breast cancer ranks among the top-five mortality rate cancers for females in all but 2 of the Asian countries. There are 3.6 million males and 4.0 million females living with cancer in these Asian countries China alone has 1.6 million male and 1.5 million female cancer survivors. The magnitude of the surviving population is a function of incidence rates new cases diagnosed .
