Should men over the age of 65 years receive PSA screening? Argument in favor

Nature Clinical Practice Urology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 230-231

  Whitson, Jared M ^a   Konety, Badrinath R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGING; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GLEASON SCORE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 43449094371     PISSN: 17434270     EISSN: 17434289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpuro1078     Document Type: Article

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