## Abstract Screening for prostate cancer using prostate‐specific antigen (PSA) tests has led to a stage and grade shift as compared to the pre‐PSA era. Effectiveness of screening for prostate cancer should be manifested by a reduction in detection rate of aggressive cancers during subsequent scree
European randomized study of prostate cancer screening: first-year results of the Finnish trial
✍ Scribed by Määttänen, L; Auvinen, A; Stenman, U-H; Rannikko, S; Tammela, T; Aro, J; Juusela, H; Hakama, M
- Book ID
- 110001056
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 79 KB
- Volume
- 79
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0920
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