title: [Current aspects of prostate cancer screening].
abstract: Screening programs for prostate cancer based on the determination of serum prostate specific antigen has led to overdiagnosis, and consequently overtreatment. A percentage of men diagnosed with prostate cancer have a tumour that will not progress, or do so slowly (overdiagnosis or pseudo-disease). This overdiagnosis rate ranges from 17-50%. Mass screening is defined as the systematic examination of asymptomatic men. Early detection or opportunistic screening involves the pursuit of individual cases being initiated by the doctor or the patient. In the case of a patient who requests a prostate specific antigen from their general practitioner, a number of issues on overdiagnosis, over-treatment and possible damage from the biopsy, should be explained to him. With data from randomised studies on prostate specific antigen and prostate cancer screening, population screening is not recommended by any urological society.
authors: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Oviedo, Asturias, España. Electronic address: ajalonm@gmail.com.
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authors: Jalón Monzón
authors: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Oviedo, Asturias, España.
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authors: Escaf Barmadah
authors: Centro de Salud El Parque-Somió, Gijón, Asturias, España.
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authors: Viña Alonso
authors: Centro de Salud de Contrueces, Gijón, Asturias, España.
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authors: Jalón Monzón
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D000069342:Medical Overuse; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
chemical_list: D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen
keywords: Cribado; Cáncer de próstata; Diagnóstico precoz; Early detection; Mortalidad; Mortality; Prostate cancer; Screening