Interval carcinomas in the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)-Rotterdam
BACKGROUND: The interval cancer rate is an important parameter for determining the sensitivity of a screening procedure and the screening interval. We evaluated the time and mechanism of detection and the stage distribution of interval prostate cancers diagnosed during a 4-year screening interval. METHODS: We determined the rate of interval cancers and the sensitivity of the screening protocol (involving prostate-specific antigen, digital rectal and transrectal ultrasound examinations) in a cohort of 17 226 men (8350 on the screened arm, 8876 on the control arm) enrolled consecutively on the E... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2003 |
Schlagwörter: | Aged / Bias (Epidemiology) / Biopsy / Endosonography / Europe / Humans / Incidence / Male / Mass Screening/*methods / Medical Record Linkage / Middle aged / Neoplasm Staging / Netherlands/epidemiology / Palpation / Prevalence / Prognosis / Prostate-Specific Antigen/blood / Prostatic Neoplasms/*diagnosis/*epidemiology/pathology / Rectum / Registries / Sensitivity and Specificity / Time Factors |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26831710 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://repub.eur.nl/pub/10231 |