Implications of the new AUA guidelines on prostate cancer detection in the U.S.

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Cooperberg, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AUA guidelines; Prostate cancer; Prostate specific antigen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UNITED STATES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; STANDARDS; UROLOGY;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY;

EID: 84901519024     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-014-0420-7     Document Type: Article

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