Prostate cancer screening-when to start and how to screen?doi:10.21037/TAU.2017.12.25Kimia KohestaniMarina ChilovSigrid V CarlssonTransl Androl UrolKohestani K, Chilov M, Carlsson SV. Prostate cancer screen- ing-when to start and how to screen? Transl Androl Urol 2018;7:34-45....
Nonemergency conditions.You can turn to your primary care physician to treat conditions such as insect bites, sports injuries, or sprained limbs. You should call 911 or go to the emergency room If you have new and urgent symptoms such as chest pain, trouble breathing, choking, uncontrolled ble...
In the case of latent tuberculosis infection, about 5% to 10% of individuals will progress to the active form of the disease. A proactive approach to controlling tuberculosis involves the use of biomarkers to pinpoint latent TB infection, and then screening high-risk individuals with latent TB ...
Family medicine doctors perform various routine exams, including annual physicals, newborn and well-child checkups,sports physicals, men’s health screenings includingprostateexams, and femalepelvic exams, including annualpap smears. What to Expect at a Family Practice Doctor Appointment What you can e...
Bloody urine can be a sign of prostate cancer, but this type of cancer doesn’t always cause symptoms so it’s important to get routineprostate cancer screenings. Routine screenings help find cancer earlier when it’s most treatable.
In order to collect data for this study methodological triangulation was employed. In all, 39 int... SM Gilmore 被引量: 10发表: 1995年 Behind Closed Doors: What Happens when Patients and Providers Talk about Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening? Background: Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) ...
Although the widespread use of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing has led to an increase in the number of cancers detected, controversies about the benefits of screening persist. No conclusive evidence has yet emerged that PSA screening reduces the mortality associated with prostate cancer. Thus...
Mammograms are only one topic explored in this book. Others include prostate screenings “where there isnoevidence that screening reduces mortality”, AIDS counseling, wife battering, and DNA fingerprinting. Studies of AIDS advocacy group’s brochures revealed the same as in the breast cancer case:...
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a good example to show the critical importance of screening. Studies show that patients who participate in CRCscreening, such as colonoscopies or tests that look for blood in the stool, are more likely to be diagnosed while asymptomatic and have more positive prognoses...
Winkler, Mathias; Joshi, Hrishikes; Sugiano, Mart; Meyer, J. P.; Gillatt, David, 2002: Prostate cancer screening of asymptomatic men does not convey a detrimental psychological or physical effect when compared to hospital referred symptomatic men...