Overdiagnosis of prostate carcinoma by screening: An estimate based on the results of the Florence Screening Pilot Study

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1297-1300

  Zappa, M ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diagnosis; Overdiagnosis; Prostate; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; REVIEW;

AGED; CARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032442585     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008492013196     Document Type: Review

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