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Excess cases of prostate cancer and estimated overdiagnosis associated with PSA testing in East Anglia

This study aimed to estimate the extent of ‘overdiagnosis’ of prostate cancer attributable to prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing in the Cambridge area between 1996 and 2002. Overdiagnosis was defined conceptually as detection of prostate cancer through PSA testing that otherwise would not have...

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Autores principales: Pashayan, N, Powles, J, Brown, C, Duffy, S W
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2360645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16832417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6603246