title: First year of mass screening for prostatic cancer in Yaizu city.
abstract: Three thousand one hundred and twenty men out of the target population of 22,195 men underwent PSA (prostatic specific antigen) determinations as the mass screening test for CAP (prostatic cancer). Three hundred and sixty men showed high (> or = 4.0 ng/ml) PSA values and proceeded to the secondary examinations. Prostatic biopsies were done on two hundred and twelve men, 35 % (74) of them had CAP. The detection rate was 2.4 % of the total examinees.
authors.affiliation: Urology Service, Yaizu City Hospital, Yaizu-shi, Japan. kkawbe@tth-japanpost.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawabe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen