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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...

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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
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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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