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An empirical evaluation of guidelines on prostate-specific antigen velocity in prostate cancer detection.
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BACKGROUND: The National Comprehensive Cancer Network and American Urological Association guidelines on early detection of prostate cancer recommend biopsy on the basis of high prostate-specific antigen (PSA) velocity, even in the absence of other indications such as an elevated PSA or a positive digital rectal exam (DRE). METHODS: To evaluate the current guideline, we compared the area under the curve of a multivariable model for prostate cancer including age, PSA, DRE, family history, and ...
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- Journal:
- Journal of the National Cancer Institute
- Volume:
- 103
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 462-469
- Publication date:
- 2011-03-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1460-2105
- ISSN:
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0027-8874
- Source identifiers:
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365878
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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- Local pid:
- pubs:365878
- Deposit date:
- 2013-11-16
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- 2011
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