Failure to detect prostate cancer in the PSA era: comments on N Engl J Med 2003; 349: 215-224 and N Engl J Med 2003; 349: 335-342

Cancer Causes Control. 2004 Feb;15(1):91-4. doi: 10.1023/B:CACO.0000016580.49577.09.

Authors

Elizabeth A Platz¹, Angelo M De Marzo, Edward Giovannucci

Affiliation

¹ The Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.

PMID: 14970739
DOI: 10.1023/B:CACO.0000016580.49577.09

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis*
Biopsy, Needle
Diagnostic Errors
Humans
Male
Predictive Value of Tests
Prostate-Specific Antigen / blood*
Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

Prostate-Specific Antigen