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PSA screening, prostate biopsy, and treatment of prostate cancer in the years surrounding the USPSTF recommendation against prostate cancer screening.

James T KearnsSarah K HoltJonathan L WrightDaniel W LinPaul H LangeJohn L Gore
Published in: Cancer (2018)
In a large cohort of privately insured men, PSA testing, prostate biopsy, prostate cancer incidence, and local definitive treatment for prostate cancer decreased between 2008 and 2014, most notably after 2011. This decrease may be driven by differential referral patterns from primary care providers to urologists. Cancer 2018;124:2733-2739. © 2018 American Cancer Society.
Keyphrases
  • prostate cancer
  • radical prostatectomy
  • primary care
  • papillary thyroid
  • squamous cell
  • risk factors
  • ultrasound guided
  • fine needle aspiration
  • general practice
  • middle aged
  • benign prostatic hyperplasia