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Economic evaluation of the introduction of the Prostate Health Index as a rule-out test to avoid unnecessary biopsies in men with prostate specific antigen levels of 4-10 in Hong Kong
A recent study showed that the Prostate Health Index may avoid unnecessary biopsies in men with prostate specific antigen 4-10ng/ml and normal digital rectal examination in the diagnosis of prostate cancer in Hong Kong. This study aimed to conduct an economic evaluation of the impact of adopting thi...
Autores principales: | Bouttell, Janet, Teoh, Jeremy, Chiu, Peter K., Chan, Kevin S., Ng, Chi-Fai, Heggie, Robert, Hawkins, Neil |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6467402/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30990840 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215279 |
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