Table 1.

Summary of facts and figures for urological malignancies.

	Prostate	Bladder	Kidney	Testicular
Number of new cases diagnosed per year^a	899,102	382,660	273,518	52,322
Number of deaths per year^a	258,133	150,282	116,368	9,874
Median age at diagnosis (years)^b	72	73	64	33
Median age at metastasis (years)^b	82	75	69	33
Major treatments for localized disease	Prostatectomy Radiotherapy	Cystectomy	Nephrectomy	Orchidectomy
Major side effects of treatments	Impotence, incontinence	Impotence, urinary diversion	Minimal	Minimal
Cure-rate for treated localized disease	80%	Superficial=85% Muscle-invasive=50%	70%	>99%
Major treatments for metastatic disease	Hormonal therapy, chemotherapy	Chemotherapy	Targeted meds	Chemotherapy
Mean survival for metastatic disease	22 months	14 months	24 months	23 years

Obtained from GLOBOCAN 2008.

Median age according to the US Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database.