Prostate cancer screening among elderly men in Brazil: should we diagnose or not?

ABSTRACT Purpose: Prostate cancer screening in the elderly is controversial. The Brazilian government and the National Cancer Institute (INCA) do not recommend systematic screening. Our purpose was to assess prevalence and aggressiveness of prostate cancer in men aged 70 years and above, on the fir...

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Main Authors: Rafael Ribeiro Mori, Eliney Ferreira Faria, Edmundo Carvalho Mauad, Antonio Antunes Rodrigues Jr., Rodolfo Borges dos Reis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2019-01-01
Series:International Brazilian Journal of Urology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382020000100034&tlng=en