## Abstract We estimated the sensitivity of serum prostate‐specific antigen (PSA) as a screening test for prostate cancer in the Finnish randomised, population‐based prostate cancer screening trial. The study population consisted of 80,458 men aged 55–67 years identified from the national populatio
Specificity of serum prostate-specific antigen determination in the Finnish prostate cancer screening trial
✍ Scribed by Määttänen, L; Hakama, M; Tammela, T L J; Ruutu, M; Ala-Opas, M; Juusela, H; Martikainen, P; Stenman, U-H; Auvinen, A
- Book ID
- 109999030
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 105 KB
- Volume
- 96
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0920
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