Clinical practice. Screening for prostate cancer

N Engl J Med. 2011 Nov 24;365(21):2013-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp1103642. Epub 2011 Oct 26.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Decision Making
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mass Screening / adverse effects
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Participation
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen / blood*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / mortality
  • Risk Factors
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Prostate-Specific Antigen