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Contribution of a single repeat PSA test to prostate cancer risk assessment: experience from the ProtecT study.
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OBJECTIVE: To examine whether a single repeat prostate-specific antigen (PSA) helps discriminate cancer from non-cancer-related PSA elevation. METHODS: Men aged 50-70 yr (n=54,087) in a multicentre randomised controlled trial comparing treatments for localised prostate cancer were tested. A total of 4102 (7.6%) with an initial PSA in the range of 3-19.9 ng/ml had repeat measurement (median interval: 50 d) followed by prostate biopsy. The decision to biopsy was based on the first PSA level. Th...
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- 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.11.064
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- Journal:
- European urology
- Volume:
- 53
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 777-784
- Publication date:
- 2008-04-01
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1873-7560
- ISSN:
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0302-2838
- Source identifiers:
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120630
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- English
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