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- Title
[Commentary on] Grading the New US Preventive Services Task Force Prostate Cancer Screening Recommendation.
- Authors
Volk, Robert J.; Wolf, Andrew M. D.
- Abstract
The article comments on the draft recommendation of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) against prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening for prostate cancer. USPSTF has called for a public comment for the draft recommendation and that the task force believes that there is moderate certainty that the benefits of PSA-based screening do not outweigh the consequences. It cites several risks posed to men by diagnostic testing and treatment of screen-detected prostate cancers .
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2011, Vol 306, Issue 24, p2715
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2011.1893