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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-6-18
pubmed:abstractText
Prostatic cancer has a long natural history and a significant preclinical period, during which the disease is detectable. Thus, this common malignancy in males fulfills some of the most important criteria for initiating screening programs. However, the still enigmatic epidemiology also includes features of the disease, which make the possible gain from screening programs questionable. Thus, before embarking on expensive community or national screening programs, the beneficial effect of such an effort on morbidity and mortality must be demonstrated in large-scale trials comparing a screened population with non-screened controls. In this paper, some of the problems associated with such studies are addressed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0284-186X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
281-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-5-12
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Screening for prostatic cancer. Investigational models.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Urology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article