Screening for prostate cancer
- 1 October 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Current Opinion in Urology
- Vol. 3 (5) , 373-376
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00042307-199310000-00007
Abstract
Prostate cancer is a significant health problem in the United States, accounting for over 35000 deaths annually. Organ-confined prostate cancer can be reliably cured, and one way to reduce mortality is to detect the disease before it spreads beyond the prostate. Serum prostate-specific antigen and digital rectal examination appear to be effective in detecting clinically significant, organ-confined prostate cancer. Treatment of these cancers is expected to reduce prostate cancer deaths. A suggested algorithm for prostate cancer screening is proposed.Keywords
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