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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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of cancer Jg. 137; H. 12; S. 2795 - 2802
Hauptverfasser: Jahn, Jaquelyn L., Giovannucci, Edward L., Stampfer, Meir J.
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 15.12.2015
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ISSN:0020-7136, 1097-0215, 1097-0215
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