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Impact of prostate cancer testing: an evaluation of the emotional consequences of a negative biopsy result
BACKGROUND: When testing for prostate cancer, as many as 75% of men with a raised prostate-specific antigen (PSA) have a benign biopsy result. Little is known about the psychological effect of this result for these men. METHODS: In all, 330 men participating in the prostate testing for cancer and tr...
Autores principales: | Macefield, R C, Metcalfe, C, Lane, J A, Donovan, J L, Avery, K N L, Blazeby, J M, Down, L, Neal, D E, Hamdy, F C, Vedhara, K |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2865757/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20372151 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6605648 |
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