Declines in prostate cancer incidence after changes in screening recommendations

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1267-1268

  Howard, David H ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; EARLY CANCER; EDITORIAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866065406     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2768     Document Type: Editorial

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