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Expert Opinion / Commentary · September 16, 2014

Prostate Cancer Screening: Balancing Benefits and Harms

Behfar Ehdaie MD, MPH
James Eastham MD

 

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  2. Heijnsdijk EA, Wever EM, Auvinen A, et al. Quality-of-life effects of prostate-specific antigen screening. N Engl J Med. 2012;367(7):595-605.
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  4. Vickers A, Carlsson S, Laudone V, Lilja H. It ain't what you do, it's the way you do it: five golden rules for transforming prostate-specific antigen screening [published online ahead of print January 4, 2014]. Eur Urol. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2013.12.049.

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