title: The Melbourne Consensus Statement on the early detection of prostate cancer.
abstract: Various conflicting guidelines and recommendations about prostate cancer screening and early detection have left both clinicians and their patients quite confused. At the Prostate Cancer World Congress held in Melbourne in August 2013, a multidisciplinary group of the world's leading experts in this area gathered together and generated this set of consensus statements to bring some clarity to this confusion. The five consensus statements provide clear guidance for clinicians counselling their patients about the early detection of prostate cancer.
authors.affiliation: Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; Epworth Prostate Centre, Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre, Epworth Healthcare Richmond, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
authors.forename: Declan G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ahlering
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Catalona
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Crowe
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Crowe
authors.forename: Noel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cooperberg
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gillatt
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gleave
authors.forename: Stacy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Loeb
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roobol
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sartor
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pickles
authors.forename: Addie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wootten
authors.forename: Patrick C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Anthony J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Costello
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D032921:Consensus; D003657:Decision Making; D051517:Digital Rectal Examination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen
keywords: PSA testing; guideline; prostate cancer; risk stratification; screening