The politics of prostate cancer screening

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 249-255

  Kaffenberger, Samuel D ^a   Penson, David F ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Localized; Prostate cancer; Prostate specific antigen; Screening; United States Preventive Services Task Force

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

CANCER SCREENING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICARE; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

LOCALIZED; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SCREENING; UNITED STATES PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; POLITICS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898461161     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: 1558318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2014.01.004     Document Type: Review

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