PSA use and incidence of prostate biopsy in the Tuscany region: Is opportunistic screening discounting biopsy in subjects with PSA elevation?

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Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 518-522

  Ciatto, Stefano ^a,c   Houssami, Nehmat ^a,b   Martinelli, Francesca ^a   Giusti, Francesco ^a   Zappa, Marco ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c C SPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Prostate biopsy; Prostate cancer; Prostate specific antigen; Screening

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER;

EID: 54749145803     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160809400413     Document Type: Article

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