Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men in the US, according to the American Cancer Society . Over the past 20 years, the 5-year survival rate for this disease has increased from 67% to 99%. The most recent data show that the relative 10- and 15-year ...
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the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) advised against PSA screening for men older than 75 years. Screening then declined in all age groups. Recently, incidence declined dramatically, by more than 10% annually from 2010 to 2013. The 2013 prostate cancer incidence rate was the lowest sin...
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The 2013 prostate cancer incidence rate was the lowest since 1984, before PSA screening was used. With the 2012 USPSTF recommendation against screening for all age groups, further reductions in incidence rates are likely. 展开 关键词: cancer ...
Meta-analysis of the Alpha/Beta Ratio for Prostate Cancer in the Presence of an Overall Time Factor: Bad News, Good News, or No News? Purpose: To present a novel method for meta-analysis of the fractionation sensitivity of tumors as applied to prostate cancer in the presence of an overall...
(CBS News) A top panel of health experts called the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says that men should no longer get routine prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests to screen for prostate cancer. The reason, it says, is that the tests may lead to treatments that do more harm ...
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However, doctors struggle to predict which tumors will progress to a more aggressive form, making it hard to decide on treatment for many men. Lead researcher Dr. Jeremy Clark, from UEA's Norwich Medical School, said: "While prostate cancer is responsible for a large proportion of all male ...
"The news is [not] all good": Misrepresentations and inaccuracies in Australian news media reports on prostate cancer screening To list and critically review recent inaccurate statements made by advocates of prostate cancer screening in Australian news media. Accuracy audit of all n... R Mackenzie...