Screening for early prostate cancer: what is the problem?
Screening has been applied to normal populations to detect early cancers. Prostate cancer is very common and can be detected at an early stage. Screening has not been introduced in the UK for this disease and the possible reasons for this are discussed. There is a strong case for evaluation of screening programmes for this disease.
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Department of Urology, Grampian University Hospitals Trust, Aberdeen, U.K. uro-oncology@abdn.ac.uk
D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology