title: PSA implications and medical management of prostate cancer for the primary care physician.
abstract: Prostate cancer remains a common cancer diagnosis and cause of cancer-related death in men.  Despite its high prevalence, screening for prostate cancer for early detection remains controversial.  This article outlines evidence from contemporary prostate cancer screening clinical trials and presents an overview of therapeutic options across the spectrum of prostate-cancer states.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Sabeer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rehsia
authors.forename: Bobby
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shayegan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D058007:Physicians, Primary Care; D011320:Primary Health Care; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen