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What is an acceptable false negative rate in the detection of prostate cancer?

BACKGROUND: In prostate cancer (PCa) screening men and their physicians aim to rule out the presence of potentially life threatening PCa. To date, prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing and systematic prostate biopsy (Bx)—in case of an elevated PSA—are still the main modes of PCa detection. Often u...

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Autores principales: Verbeek, Jan F. M., 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/PMC5861290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29594020
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tau.2017.12.12