Prostate cancer screening: well intentioned initiatives may use up resources but not improve health outcomes

BMJ. 2023 Jun 21:381:1389. doi: 10.1136/bmj.p1389.

Authors

Sonya H Bushell¹, David Spitzer², Phil Whittaker³, Avril Nexus⁴, Neal Maskrey⁵, Maggie Helliway⁶, Nick Price⁷, Lindsey Pope⁸, Clare Etherington⁹, James Larcombe¹⁰, Julie Grigg¹¹, Susan Bewley¹², David Taylor¹³

Affiliations

¹ Scarborough Hospital, Scarborough, UK.
² London, UK.
³ Radstock, UK.
⁴ Health Education England North West, Manchester, UK.
⁵ Keele University, Keele, UK.
⁶ Keighley, UK.
⁷ Bradford, UK.
⁸ University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
⁹ Harrow, UK.
¹⁰ Royal College of General Practitioners North East England Faculty, UK.
¹¹ Powys, UK.
¹² Kings College London, UK.
¹³ University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

PMID: 37343958
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.p1389

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Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Early Detection of Cancer
Humans
Male
Mass Screening
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Prostate-Specific Antigen
Prostatic Neoplasms* / diagnosis

Substances

Prostate-Specific Antigen