Trends of clinical symptoms and prognosis of middle-aged prostate cancer patients after instigation of prostate specific antigen-based population screening

Due to the low rate of screening for prostate cancer in Japan, the incidence rates of cancer are high. We have established a prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening system for prostate cancer in our region. We analyzed recent trends of clinical symptoms and prognosis of prostate cancer patie...

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Main Authors: Yasuhide Kitagawa, Atsushi Mizokami, Mikio Namiki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-06-01
Series:Prostate International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S228788821530026X