Problems with prostate specific antigen screening for prostate cancer in the primary healthcare setting in South Africa

BJU International

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 785-788

  Heyns, C F ^a,c   Mathee, S ^a,b   Isaacs, A ^a,b   Kharwa, A ^a,b   De Beer, P M ^a   Pretorius, M A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Khayelitsha/Elsies River Prim H   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Primary healthcare; Prostate cancer; Prostate specific antigen; PSA; Racial differences

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEGRO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0037635384     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04241.x     Document Type: Article

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