Citation
J. Melia et S. Moss, Survey of the rate of PSA testing in general practice, BR J CANC, 85(5), 2001, pp. 656-657
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology,"Onconogenesis & Cancer Research
Journal title
BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
ISSN journal
00070920
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Volume
85
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
656 - 657
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0920(20010901)85:5<656:SOTROP>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The use of prostate specific antigen (PSA) test could have a large impact o
n the incidence of prostate cancer in the UK. Over a period of 1 year (1999
), 3.5% out of 160 015 men aged > 45 on a GP database, who had no previous
record of prostate cancer, had a PSA test. Of the tested men, 21.3% had a P
SA > 4 ng/ml. Future data need to distinguish between men with and without
symptoms. (C) 2001 Cancer Research Campaign.