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Overdiagnosis Since Introduction Of Prostate Cancer Screening

Posted by admin on Septiembre 2nd, 2009 under urology nephrology Tags: , ,  •  No Comments

The introduction of prostateantigen screening, or PSA, has resulted in over 1 million additional men over the last 23 years being diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer most of whom were likely overdiagnosed, researchers reported in a new study published online August 31 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Overdiagnosis has been associated [...]