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Screening for prostate cancer: are organized screening programs necessary?

Already in 1991 when the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test was proposed as a diagnostic test, screening for prostate cancer (PCa) was considered controversial due to the considerable risk of detecting latent PCa. Randomised controlled trials were initiated to assess the potential of PSA-based scr...

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Autor principal: Roobol, Monique J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5861275/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29594014
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tau.2017.12.10