[Screening for prostate cancer: arguments "in favour"].
Prostate cancer is a problem of public health; the relevance of its mass screening remains to be demonstrated by the conclusions of ongoing randomized prospective studies of which the preliminary results are promising. Yet, non-randomised and/or retrospective studies report a benefit of screening-related mortality. On such basis, French scientific authorities currently recommend individual screening.
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D000368:Aged; D005602:France; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic