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Recommendations on screening for prostate cancer with the prostate-specific antigen test.



  • Bell N
  • Connor Gorber S
  • Shane A
  • Joffres M
  • Singh H
  • Dickinson J, et al.
CMAJ. 2014 Nov 4;186(16):1225-34. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.140703. Epub 2014 Oct 27. (Review)
PMID: 25349003
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Disciplines
  • Public Health
    Relevance - 7/7
    Newsworthiness - 7/7
  • Family Medicine (FM)/General Practice (GP)
    Relevance - 7/7
    Newsworthiness - 5/7
  • General Internal Medicine-Primary Care(US)
    Relevance - 7/7
    Newsworthiness - 5/7
  • Oncology - General
    Relevance - 6/7
    Newsworthiness - 5/7
  • Oncology - Genitourinary
    Relevance - 6/7
    Newsworthiness - 5/7
  • Surgery - Urology
    Relevance - 6/7
    Newsworthiness - 4/7

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Clinical Comments

General Internal Medicine-Primary Care(US)

It's a little bit depressing to see that this data has been around for at least 4 years or so and still physicians use PSA to screen...apparently the 10 year gap between publishing and practice change is still current...

Oncology - Genitourinary

Good review.

Public Health

Not recommending PSa even to patients with BPH symptoms is a novel idea and might need further study before full implementation.

Surgery - Urology

This is an additional recommendation document to add strength to the need for a clear understanding between the clinician and the patient with regards to individual screening. The improvement in tools of screening for prostate cancer, e.g. 3T MRI, will help in going forwards in this forward changing field with more productive outcome of utilizing tools available.

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