RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING TESTS
- 1 November 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 158 (5) , 1861-1866
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(01)64147-8
Abstract
Purpose: We evaluated racial differences in the operating characteristics of prostate specific antigen (PSA) and digital rectal examination as screening tests for early detection of prostat...Keywords
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