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Prostate cancer screening: And the pendulum swings
Author(s) -
Brawley Otis W.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.31380
Subject(s) - overdiagnosis , medicine , prostate cancer , prostate , cancer , prostate cancer screening , gynecology , prostate diseases , oncology , prostate specific antigen
The utility of prostate cancer screening has been 1 of the major issues in medicine for 25 years. Helgstrand and colleagues present a unique assessment demonstrating that screening reduces prostate‐specific mortality but also results in significant cancer overdiagnosis. See also pages 2931‐8.