Screening for Prostate Cancer

Letters3 April 2012Screening for Prostate CancerRoger Chou, MD and Jennifer M. Croswell, MD, MPHRoger Chou, MDFrom Oregon Health ERSPC Investigators. Screening and prostate-cancer mortality in a randomized European study. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:1320-8. PMID: 19297566 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Andriole GL, Crawford ED, Grubb RL, Buys SS, Chia D, Church TR, et al; PLCO Project Team. Mortality results from a randomized prostate-cancer screening trial. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:1310-9. PMID: 19297565 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD 20850.Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M11-1085. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoScreening for Prostate Cancer: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Roger Chou , Jennifer M. Croswell , Tracy Dana , Christina Bougatsos , Ian Blazina , Rongwei Fu , Ken Gleitsmann , Helen C. Koenig , Clarence Lam , Ashley Maltz , J. Bruin Rugge , and Kenneth Lin Screening for Prostate Cancer Sigrid Carlsson , Andrew Vickers , Hans Lilja , and Jonas Hugosson Screening for Prostate Cancer M'Liss A. Hudson Screening for Prostate Cancer Murray S. Feldstein Metrics 3 April 2012Volume 156, Issue 7Page: 540KeywordsCancer screeningCancer treatmentPopulation statisticsProstate cancerProstate diseasesQuality of lifeRadiation therapySurgery ePublished: 3 April 2012 Issue Published: 3 April 2012 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2012 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...