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PSA testing for prostate cancer: an online survey of the views and reported practice of General Practitioners in the UK
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Background: The role of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) testing in the early detection of prostate cancer is controversial. Current UK policy stipulates that any man who wishes to have a PSA test should have access to the test, provided he has been given full information about the benefits and limitations of testing. This study aimed to determine UK GPs' current reported practice regarding PSA testing, and their views towards informed decision-making and PSA testing. Method: Online questionna...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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NHS Cancer Screening Programmes
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Cancer Research UK
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- Publisher:
- BioMed Central
- Journal:
- BMC Family Practice Journal website
- Volume:
- 6
- Article number:
- 24
- Publication date:
- 2005-01-01
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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1471-2296
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:2290
- Deposit date:
- 2008-09-04
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- Brett et al
- Copyright date:
- 2005
- Notes:
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Citation: Brett, J. et al. (2005). 'PSA testing for prostate cancer: an online survey of the views and reported practice of General Practitioners in the UK', BMC Family Practice, 6:24. [Available at http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/6/24]
Copyright 2005 Brett et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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