The high prevalence of undiagnosed prostate cancer at autopsy: implications for epidemiology and treatment of prostate cancer in the Prostate‐specific Antigen‐era

Widespread prostate‐specific antigen (PSA) screening detects many cancers that would have otherwise gone undiagnosed. To estimate the prevalence of unsuspected prostate cancer, we reviewed 19 studies of prostate cancer discovered at autopsy among 6,024 men. Among men aged 70–79, tumor was found in 3...

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Published in:	International journal of cancer Vol. 137; no. 12; pp. 2795 - 2802
Main Authors:	Jahn, Jaquelyn L., Giovannucci, Edward L., Stampfer, Meir J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 15.12.2015
Subjects:	Antigens Asymptomatic Diseases - epidemiology Autopsy Cancer Early Detection of Cancer epidemiology Humans lethal prostate cancer Male Mass Screening Medical research Prevalence Prostate cancer Prostate-Specific Antigen - blood Prostatic Neoplasms - blood Prostatic Neoplasms - epidemiology Prostatic Neoplasms - therapy PSA‐screening epidemiology prostate cancer autopsy PSA-screening lethal prostate cancer
ISSN:	0020-7136, 1097-0215, 1097-0215
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