Time for another rethink on prostate cancer screening

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作者
Vickers, Andrew J. [1 ]
Lilja, Hans [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Mem Sloan Kettering Canc Ctr, Dept Epidemiol & Biostat, New York, NY 10065 USA
[2] Mem Sloan Kettering Canc Ctr, Dept Lab Med, Dept Surg Urol, New York, NY 10065 USA
[3] Mem Sloan Kettering Canc Ctr, Dept Med GU Oncol, New York, NY 10065 USA
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ANTIGEN; MORTALITY;
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10.1038/nrclinonc.2011.181
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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100214 ;
摘要
Screening for prostate cancer using PSA is a careful balance of benefits and harms. But current US practice involves testing older men who have little to gain and aggressively treating low-risk cancers. Debates about whether to test need to be replaced by debates on how to test better.
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