## Background: A consensus meeting on screening and global strategy for prostate carcinoma, held in antwerp in 1994, determined the willingness among european cancer prevention centers to pursue vigorously the collaborative formation of a multinational randomized screening trial. this trial was to
European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer: achievements and presentation
✍ Scribed by M.J. Roobol; F.H. Schröder
- Book ID
- 109051056
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 85 KB
- Volume
- 92
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1464-4096
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