Summary of the Standards, Options and Recommendations for the management of patients with nonmetastatic prostate cancer (2001).

In 1995 the crude incidence of prostate cancer in France was estimated to be 260–300 out of 100 000 for men aged between 60 and 70 years and over 500 out of 100 000 for men over 70 years of age. The majority of men (73%) are diagnosed when they are over 70 years old. The standardised incidence increased from 51.8 to 87.1 between 1985 and 1995. It has been estimated that in 1995, 26 474 new cases were diagnosed in France. The use of diagnostic tests has contributed to an increase in the number of patients detected with local or locoregional disease. The crude mortality rate for prostate cancer in France was 32.8 out of 100 000 in 1995, and remains stable.