Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide, and is often described as a disease of the elderly since its peak age of incidence is 80 years. In India, data regarding the incidence rate of prostate cancer is limited because this disease is not notifiable and the number of community based studies on this type of cancer are limited. However, due to environmental factors and lifestyle changes, the incidence of prostate cancer in India is expected to rise. One study carried out in the following cities of India: Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Karunagappalli, Nagpur, Pune, and Thiruvananthapuram, estimated that the age adjusted incidence rates of prostate cancer in India as a whole to be 3.7 per 1 lakh persons in the year 2008.
