Thesis
Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) retesting intervals in primary care
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Background: The utility of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test in primary care remains uncertain. It is unclear whether screening with PSA reduces prostate cancer mortality sufficiently to outweigh the harms of overdiagnosis and overtreatment. For this reason, PSA screening is not recommended in the UK. Instead, patients may request a PSA test following shared decision-making with their GP. However, once a PSA test has been performed, there is limited evidence to guide w... Expand abstract
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+ Nicholson, B
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- MSD
- Department:
- Primary Care Health Sciences
- Role:
- Supervisor
+ Perera-Salazar, R
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- MSD
- Department:
- Primary Care Health Sciences
- Role:
- Supervisor
- ORCID:
- 0000-0003-2418-2091
+ Friedemann Smith, C
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- MSD
- Department:
- Primary Care Health Sciences
- Role:
- Supervisor
- ORCID:
- 0000-0001-9934-5882
+ Cancer Research UK
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- Funder identifier:
- https://ror.org/054225q67
- Grant:
- CANTAC721\100004
- Programme:
- DPhil Cancer Science
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- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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English
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2026-06-20
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- Copyright holder:
- Kiana Khorasani Collins
- Copyright date:
- 2025
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