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Routine PSA Testing: An Analysis of the Controversy Concerning Its Use
Prostate cancer is the leading cause of cancer in American males today. PSA screening has been used for over 10 years as an important diagnostic tool for the disease. Because of its lack of sensitivity and specificity, however, PSA testing should be used with caution.
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TheScientificWorldJOURNAL
2005
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5936566/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15759079 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2005.21 |
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| author | Hussain, Namath S. |
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| description | Prostate cancer is the leading cause of cancer in American males today. PSA screening has been used for over 10 years as an important diagnostic tool for the disease. Because of its lack of sensitivity and specificity, however, PSA testing should be used with caution. |
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| spelling | pubmed-59365662018-06-03 Routine PSA Testing: An Analysis of the Controversy Concerning Its Use Hussain, Namath S. ScientificWorldJournal Commentary Prostate cancer is the leading cause of cancer in American males today. PSA screening has been used for over 10 years as an important diagnostic tool for the disease. Because of its lack of sensitivity and specificity, however, PSA testing should be used with caution. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2005-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC5936566/ /pubmed/15759079 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2005.21 Text en Copyright © 2005 Namath S. Hussain. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| spellingShingle | Commentary Hussain, Namath S. Routine PSA Testing: An Analysis of the Controversy Concerning Its Use |
| title | Routine PSA Testing: An Analysis of the Controversy Concerning Its Use |
| title_full | Routine PSA Testing: An Analysis of the Controversy Concerning Its Use |
| title_fullStr | Routine PSA Testing: An Analysis of the Controversy Concerning Its Use |
| title_full_unstemmed | Routine PSA Testing: An Analysis of the Controversy Concerning Its Use |
| title_short | Routine PSA Testing: An Analysis of the Controversy Concerning Its Use |
| title_sort | routine psa testing: an analysis of the controversy concerning its use |
| topic | Commentary |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5936566/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15759079 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2005.21 |
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