Prostate Cancer Screening in Men with a Family History of Prostate Cancer: The Role of Partners in Influencing Men's Screening Uptake

Urology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 738-742

  Meiser, Bettina ^a,b   Cowan, Ruth ^c,d   Costello, Anthony ^c   Giles, Graham G ^e   Lindeman, Geoff J ^c   Gaff, Clara L ^c,f  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^f Genetic Health Services Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SPOUSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 35648931954     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.06.1093     Document Type: Article

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