Screening for prostate cancer in Dutch hereditary prostate cancer families
Abstract It is common belief that in families with hereditary prostate cancer (HPC), unaffected men should be screened periodically with PSA, but little is known about the effects of such screening. We studied test and tumor characteristics in unaffected 50–75‐year‐old screenees from HPC families. In the Netherlands, 153 verified HPC families are registered; 132 unaffected men in these families were not under surveillance for prostate cancer and gave informed consent for PSA testing by their GP and referral to a urologist in the case of a PSA level ≥ 3.0 ng/ml. Results were compared to publish... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2007 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | International Journal of Cancer ; volume 122, issue 4, page 871-876 ; ISSN 0020-7136 1097-0215 |
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Wiley
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Schlagwörter: | Cancer Research / Oncology |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26690327 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.23165 |