Why are a high overdiagnosis probability and a long lead time for prostate cancer screening so important?

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA)-Based Population Screening for Prostate Cancer: An Evidence-Based Analysis.Ontario health technology assessment series · 2015
   Pooled it
2. Informed decision making about prostate cancer testing in predominantly immigrant black men: a randomized controlled trial.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2012
   Trial
3. The burden of prostate cancer is associated with human development index: evidence from 87 countries, 1990-2016.The EPMA journal · 2019
   Article
4. African American Women's Involvement in Promoting Informed Decision-Making for Prostate Cancer Screening Among Their Partners/Spouses.American journal of men's health · 2018
   Article
5. Prostate cancer screening with prostate-specific antigen: A guide to the guidelines.Prostate international · 2016
   Review
6. Prostate cancer in young men: an important clinical entity.Nature reviews. Urology · 2014
   Review
7. It takes two to talk about prostate cancer: a qualitative assessment of African American men's and women's cancer communication practices and recommendations.American journal of men's health · 2012
   Article
8. Prostate cancer: an emerging threat to the health of aging men in Asia.Asian journal of andrology · 2011
   Review
9. Increasing low risk prostate cancer incidence in United States Air Force servicemen and selection of treatments.The Journal of urology · 2011
   Article
10. Association of prostate cancer risk Loci with disease aggressiveness and prostate cancer-specific mortality.Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2011
    Article
11. Cardiorespiratory fitness and risk of prostate cancer: findings from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study.Cancer epidemiology · 2011
    Article

Corrections and comments

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  Lead time and overdiagnosis in prostate-specific antigen screening: importance of methods and context.2009

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