Estimating the rate of overdiagnosis with prostate cancer screening: evidence from the Finnish compo...
Estimating the rate of overdiagnosis with prostate cancer screening: evidence from the Finnish component of the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer
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Cham: Springer Science + Business Media
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English
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Cham: Springer Science + Business Media
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Screening for prostate cancer may have limited impact on decreasing prostate cancer-related mortality. A major disadvantage is overdiagnosis, whereby lesions are identified that would not have become evident during the man’s lifetime if screening had not taken place. The present study aims to estimate the rate of overdiagnosis using Finn...
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Estimating the rate of overdiagnosis with prostate cancer screening: evidence from the Finnish component of the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2579207160
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2579207160
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0957-5243
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1573-7225
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10.1007/s10552-021-01480-8
