| Literature DB >> 19918338 |
Elisabeth Eckersberger1, Julia Finkelstein, Helen Sadri, Markus Margreiter, Samir S Taneja, Herbert Lepor, Bob Djavan.
Abstract
The advent of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing in the early 1980s revolutionized the diagnosis of prostate cancer. As a result of PSA testing, there has been a surge in the number of prostate cancer diagnoses. This review examines the results of 2 recent landmark trials that studied the effect of screening on prostate cancer mortality: the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) and the US-based Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial.Entities:
Keywords: European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC); PSA screening; Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial
Year: 2009 PMID: 19918338 PMCID: PMC2777060
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Urol ISSN: 1523-6161