The fear of prostate cancer in men with lower urinary tract symptoms: Should symptomatic men be screened?

BJU International

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-32

  Brown, C T ^a,c   O'Flynn, E ^a   Van Der Meulen, J ^a   Newman, S ^a   Mundy, A R ^b   Emberton, M ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Prostate cancer screening

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; URETHRA DISEASE; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URETHRA;

DECISION MAKING; FEAR; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 0037232354     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04013.x     Document Type: Article

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