Impact of the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing by Dutch general practitioners

BJU International

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-31

  Van Der Meer, Saskia ^a   Kollen, Boudewijn J ^b   Hirdes, Willem H ^a   Steffens, Martijn G ^a   Hoekstra Weebers, Josette E H M ^c   Nijman, Rien M ^b   Blanker, Marco H ^b  

^a ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC); follow up; general practice; guidelines; prostate cancer; prostate specific antigen (PSA)

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84879125355     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12029     Document Type: Article

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