Who and when should we screen for prostate cancer? interviews with key opinion leaders. BMC Med. 2015;13:288.Sigrid Carlsson, Michael Leapman, Peter Carroll, Fritz Schröder, Peter C. Albertsen, Dragan Ilic, Michael Barry, Dominick L. Frosch, Andrew Vickers. (2015) Who and when should ...
Who and when to screen, and not to screen, for prostate cancer: the proponents’ view We asked these authors, generally perceived as proponents of prostate cancer screening, what they think current policy for prostate cancer screening should be. We then asked some follow-up questions. Michael ...
There are effective treatments for prostate cancer. When the cancer is still confined to the prostate (localized), surgery (radical prostatectomy) and certain forms of radiation are useful to treat and cure prostate cancer. For men who have a low risk of their prostate cancer metastasizing, activ...
Dr. Carlsson:Absolutely. Many unnecessary biopsies are being performed. We should definitely focus on biopsying men at high risk and not just biopsy everyone.The current National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines, for example, advise a biopsy for a number of indications, such as a PSA of ...
Prostate cancer is a disease of older men, with more than 80% of cases being diagnosed in men 65 years of age and older. Broader participation in screening... PDPD Edward,ED Crawford - 《Cancer》 被引量: 368发表: 1994年 Potentiation of photodynamic therapy-elicited antitumor response by lo...
Should healthy women get regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer? The surprising answer, according to this wonderful new book by psychology professor Gerd Gigerenzer, is, at least for most women,probably not. Deciding whether to have a mammogram or other medical screening (the book examines...
The decision to screen is based on the patient's preference following a thorough discussion of the benefits and limitations of PSA testing. Refer to a urologist any patient with a PSA greater than 4.0 ng/mL. Also, be alert for high PSA velocity changes in patients undergoing annual screening...
cancer and prostate-specific antigen tests for prostate cancer - come with built-in risks, such as results mistakenly indicating the presence of cancer (false positives), as well as missed diagnoses (false negatives). Patients may undergo harsh treatments that diminish quality of life while not ...
Professor Patton is very well-credentialed and has received a variety of honors and awards for his scholarly work. If you care to dig into them, here’s hisprofile. The reason I wanted to mention this chap is that he was recently teaching GSBA-542, a communications class for graduate stud...
“And I will tell you the entire scientific community is observing this younger age shift for different cancers and is asking itself: ‘Should guidelines be more deliberate and intentional foryounger populations to give them some of this advice?’“ Screen yourself Related articleBest diet for 2023...