Re: An empirical evaluation of guidelines on prostate-specific antigen velocity in prostate cancer detection

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 103, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 1635-1636

  Vickers, Andrew J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; COLONOSCOPY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 80655144776     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djr353     Document Type: Letter

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