Screening for Carcinoma of the Prostate in a Randomly Selected Population
| Autor: | O. Löfman, Eberhard Varenhorst, Per Carlsson, K Pedersen, K. Berglund |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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Male
Oncology medicine.medical_specialty Population Early detection Screening programme Prostate Internal medicine medicine Carcinoma Humans Mass Screening Effective treatment education Aged education.field_of_study Palpation business.industry Rectum Prostatic Neoplasms Correction Cancer Middle Aged medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure High incidence business |
| Zdroj: | Malignancies of the Genitourinary Tract ISBN: 9783642845857 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-642-84583-3_2 |
| Popis: | Cancer of the prostate is an increasing health problem in many countries. Scandinavian countries have a relatively high incidence with the highest incidence rate in Sweden where carcinoma of the prostate accounts for 23% of all forms of cancer among men [7]. It is thus the chief form of cancer in Sweden and the most common cause of death from neoplasm in men [8]. At present, only early detection by screening in combination with effective treatment provides a means of reducing the mortality of prostatic cancer. In order to show that screening reduces mortality from prostatic cancer, however, it is essential to carry out a controlled study comparing a screened ant treated risk population with an unscreened one. This requires random selection of a high risk population and a long follow-up period. |
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