EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF PROSTATE CANCER AROUND THE WORLD PERFIL EPIDEMIOLÓGICO MUNDIAL DO CÂNCER DE PRÓSTATA

Objectives: to realize a literature systematic review on the incidence of cancer in the world. Methodology: it was conducted a search in the database of the PUBMED with the descriptors epidemiology, prostate, cancer. We selected articles published from 2002 to 2007. It was used as a criterion for exclusion searches that are not directly addressing the incidence of prostate cancer in the population. They were collected the following variables: author(s), year, purpose, methodology and conclusions. Results: 10 articles were reported. Conclusions: it was possible to verify that in the world, the distribution of prostate cancer varies with ethnicity, genetic susceptibility and environmental factors such as diet. With regard to ethnicity, black men have greater susceptibility to tumor that white men of similar age. In the case of genetic, changes in alleles of genes that control the metabolism of androgens influence the incidence of tumor. As for nutrition, research confirms the influence of foods such as meat, fats and oils, ice cream, margarine and vegetable fat. Descriptors: neoplasms; prostate; epidemiology. RESUMO