Prostate cancer screening decreases the absolute risk of being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer--results from a prospective, population-based randomized controlled trial.

OBJECTIVES: Randomized controlled trials are currently conducted to assess whether the mortality from prostate cancer is reduced by early detection with the use of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) measurements in serum. To be effective, such a program should be able to reduce the absolute number of...

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Hauptverfasser: Aus, G, Bergdahl, S, Lodding, P, Lilja, H, Hugosson, J
Format: Journal article
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2007