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Epidemiological evidences on overdiagnosis of prostate and kidney cancers in Korean

OBJECTIVES: The prostate specific antigen test is widely used as the main method of screening prostate cancer in Korea. Additionally, the use of ultrasound sonography may lead to overdiagnosis of kidney cancer as well as thyroid cancer. This study aimed to highlight epidemiological evidences regardi...

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Autor principal: Bae, Jong-Myon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Epidemiology 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4398977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25773442
http://dx.doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015015