Screening for prostate cancer: A review of the evidence for the U.S. preventive services task force

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 762-771

  Chou, Roger ^a   Croswell, Jennifer M ^b   Dana, Tracy ^a   Bougatsos, Christina ^a   Blazina, Ian ^a   Fu, Rongwei ^a   Gleitsmann, Ken ^a   Koenig, Helen C ^c   Lam, Clarence ^d   Maltz, Ashley ^e   Rugge, J Bruin ^a   Lin, Kenneth ^f  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^c Jonathan Lax Center   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Tully Health Center   (United States)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; ECHOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 81855206806     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-155-11-201112060-00375     Document Type: Review

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