New data on prostate-cancer mortality after PSA screening

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1047-1048

  Miller, Anthony B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER TEST; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EDITORIAL; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 84858266832     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1200185     Document Type: Editorial

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