Population-based study of prostate-specific antigen testing and prostate cancer detection in clinical practice in Northern Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 210-212

  Pilebro, Björn ^a   Johansson, Robert ^a   Damber, Lena ^a   Damber, Jan Erik ^b   Stattin, Pär ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Population based study; Prostate cancer; Prostate specific antigen testing

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CLINICAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0037711689     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590310008064     Document Type: Article

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