An ecological study of prostate cancer mortality in the USA and UK, 1975-2004: are divergent trends a consequence of treatment, screening or artefact?

BACKGROUND: There is no conclusive evidence that screening based on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests reduces prostate cancer mortality. In the USA uptake of PSA testing has been rapid, but is much less common in the UK. PURPOSE: To investigate trends in prostate cancer mortality and incidence i...

Full beskrivning

Sparad:
Bibliografiska uppgifter
Huvudupphovsmän: Collin, Simon M, Martin, Richard M, Metcalfe, Chris, Gunnell, David, Albertsen, Peter, Neal, David, Hamdy, Freddie, Stephens, Peter, Lane, J Athene, Moore, Rollo, Donovan, Jenny
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: 2008
Ämnen:
Article
Länkar:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2760747/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18424233
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70104-9
Taggar: Lägg till en tagg
Inga taggar, Lägg till första taggen!

Liknande verk