## 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
No excess mortality after prostate biopsy: results from the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer
✍ Scribed by Sigrid V. Carlsson; Erik Holmberg; Sue M. Moss; Monique J. Roobol; Fritz H. Schröder; Teuvo L.J. Tammela; Gunnar Aus; Anssi P. Auvinen; Jonas Hugosson
- Book ID
- 110923226
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 298 KB
- Volume
- 107
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1464-4096
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