Disease-Specific Survival Following Routine Prostate Cancer Screening by Digital Rectal Examination: Corrected Patient Classification

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 270, Issue 20, 1993, Pages 2437-

  Gerber, Glenn S ^a   Thisted, Ronald ^a   Chodak, Gerald W ^a   Thompson, Ian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; LETTER; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0027380620     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1993.03510200043029     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Gerber GS, Thompson IM, Thisted R, Chodak GW. Disease-specific survival following routine prostate cancer screening by digital rectal examination. JAMA. 1993;269:61-64.
2. Chodak GW, Keller P, Schoenberg HW. Assessment of screening for prostate cancer using the digital rectal examination. J Urol. 1989;141:1136-1138.
3. Thompson IM, Rounder JB, Teague JL, Peek M, Spence LR. Impact of routine screening for adenocarcinoma of the prostate on stage distribution. J Urol. 1987;137: 424-426.